Re: Bug in msvc.jam?

From: David Abrahams (gclbb-jamboost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-09 09:23:30

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> "Konstantin M. Litvinenko" <gclbb-jamboost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> > Hello, Vladimir!
>> > You wrote on Mon, 9 Jun 2003 16:42:24 +0400:
>> >
>> > VP> I think the idea is that "using msvc" and the like occurs in
>> > VP> user-config.jam and site-config.jam -- and that those files don't
>> > VP> declare toolsets which are not installed.
>> >
>> > I know that, but as for me it is bad solution, or maybe i have missed
>> > somithing :). We use boost.Build as main build system. Some of projects
>> > require only subset of libraries and compilers that should be in
>> > user-config.jam. So when someone will do cvs up and try to build project,
>> > it will not builds, coz of lack of libraries and compilers specified in
>> > user-config.jam for all projects.
>>
>> That's a very good point. I think we may need a feature attribute
>> something like "unchecked" which means that any value is acceptable.
>
> Isn't that a bit too sloppy? I was thinking about
>
> feature.extend-if-not-yet-extended-with-this-value toolset : msvc ;

Very cumbersome for users, though.

> This rule can be used in project-root.jam to make sure that
> <toolset>msvc is valid, regardless of whether you have in
> configured, or not.

Sounds awfully hard-nosed. I'd like something easier-to-understand.
Maybe something like:

using msvc : : optional ;

??

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Dave Abrahams
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