Re: msvc7-tools.jam?

From: bill_kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-28 10:26:07

--- In jamboost_at_y..., "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_r...> wrote:

I'm using both VC6 and VC7 for testing Boost.Threads now. I've been 
doing so ever since receiving the final VC7 a few weeks ago. I've 
not found a need for a different msvc-tools.jam, but I have set up my 
environment such that I call the appropriate MS supplied batch file 
for setting my environment (vcvars32.bat for VC6 and vsvars32.bat for 
VC7). As long as your in a shell that's invoked the appropriate 
batch file the Jamfiles work just fine. The only word of warning is 
that you have to be sure to delete ALL pdb files when switching 
between compilers... so I don't know if you'll be able to get it so 
that you can run both compilers in the same regression test 
invocation.

If any of what I just said is of help I can supply the scripts I use 
to configure my environment for either compiler.

Bill Kempf

> I don't, though similar toolset variations are proliferating, e.g. 
I've got
> a copy of intel-win32-tools.jam for running the 5.0 compiler 
instead of the
> 6.0 beta -- and notice how many cxx-tools variations there are. This
> ugliness is supposed to go away with Boost.Build V2, and we're 
almost over
> the hump with integrating Perforce jam 2.4 changes so I hope we'll 
be able
> to avoid it in the near future. In the meantime, I'm sure they 
haven't
> changed any significant command-line options; a copy+tweak job 
should be
> enough to do the job. You probably just need to change the names of 
some of
> the global variables being checked.
> 
> -Dave
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_a...>
> 
> 
> > I've now got both VC++ 6.0 and 7.0 installed on my main machine, 
and would
> > like to include both in the jam-based regression tests.
> >
> > Has anyone put together a msvc7-tools.jam file yet?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --Beman
> >
> >
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