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: 2019-03-01 02:39:22

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 6:34 AM Tom Kent <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> 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
>
>
I've also gotten a run through with the new "rc" that came out today:
https://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/teeks99-msvc142rc-boost-bin-v2-libs-config-test-config_info-test-msvc-14-1-debug-address-model-64-link-static-runtime-link-static.html