Build system issue with free Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003

From: Bart (bartmann_nsd_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-21 19:50:22

I use the free vc-71 compiler M$ offers. I ran into some issues where bjam 
wasn't able to use it without some config customizations.

First problem was bjam couldn't find vcvars32.bat. The toolkit installs it 
in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003". Bjam looks for it 
in the bin subdirectory which is where the Visual Studio .NET install places 
it.

Easy fix, I just copied it to the bin subdirectory. I still thought it worth 
mentioning.

Second problem, bjam wants to link against msvcprtd.lib (linker flags /MD & 
/MDd). The free toolkit doesn't ship with those libraries. I was able to 
build by adding the following two lines to my vc-7_1-tools.jam file:
flags msvc CFLAGS <runtime-build>release/<runtime-link>dynamic : /ML ;
flags msvc CFLAGS <runtime-build>debug/<runtime-link>dynamic : /MLd ;
This gives me warnings since I'm overriding the previous linker flags set in 
msvc-tools.jam.

I hope someone can address these issues. It would be nice if the boost build 
system could use this compiler w/o the need for my customizations.

The toolkit gat be downloaded via:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/

Thanks,
Bart