Re: [boost] [Boost-testing] Running regression tests for msvc-14.2 (preview)

Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost-testing] Running regression tests for msvc-14.2 (preview)
From: Tom Kent (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-02-28 12:34:18

On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 7:13 AM Mateusz Loskot via Boost-Testing <
boost-testing_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 14:02, Tom Kent via Boost-Testing
> <boost-testing_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > I was hoping to start running regression tests for the upcoming Visual
> Studio 2019 (toolset 14.2) and got stumped by an issue.
> > I've set a user-config.jam:
> > using msvc : 14.2 ;
>
> Is this toolset even supported?
>
> As I explained in
> https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2019/02/245143.php,
> I had to 'fake' it as 14.1 in project-config.jam:
>
> using msvc : 14.1 : "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual
>
> Studio\\2019\\Preview\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.20.27323\\bin\\HostX64\\x64\\cl.exe"
>

I was able to get the regression tests to run using this workaround in
user-config.jam.

Here's what the config_info is:
https://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/teeks99-test02-boost-bin-v2-libs-config-test-config_info-test-msvc-14-1-debug-address-model-64-link-static-runtime-link-static.html

I'm disappointed that we can't have general support for future versions of
msvc. We don't seem to have this problem with pre-release versions of
GCC/Clang.

https://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/teeks99-02-dc9-2a-Docker-64on64-boost-bin-v2-libs-config-test-config_info-test-clang-linux-9~c++2a-debug-visibility-hidden.html

Tom