Re: [jamboost] Re: [BBv2] patch - the configurations class.

From: Andrey Melnikov (melnikov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-16 18:10:24

Alexey Pakhunov wrote:
> Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 
> Actually I posted them as 'the big patch.' See 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/10141.
> 
> Things you are interested in all are in msvc.jam:
> 
>> 7. "version registration" framework
> 
> rule register-configuration
> autodetection code
> 

The environment-based autodetection and the default paths-based 
autodetection code should be removed. AFAIK we agreed that we will only 
have the registry-based autodetection. It works in 99% of cases and the 
rest people will have to specify both versions and paths explicitly.

Andrey