Re: [jamboost] Comeau 4.3.3 with VC7.1 backend

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (alexy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-06 04:13:04

Bronek Kozicki writes:
> Joel de Guzman wrote:
> > I am using Comeau 4.3.3 with VC7.1 backend. Why is the toolset
> > for como-win32 hard coded to use --vc7 command line option
> > in como-win32-tools.jam? I had to change it to --vc71
> 
> Why this option is used at all? I put in my Comeau directory file 
> default.vc71 and this should suffice. Is there any reason why bjam needs 
> to force particular backend compiler?

You may want to test with different backends without having to tweak your
installation.

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Aleksey Gurtovoy
MetaCommunications Engineering