Re: [Boost-build] [BBv2] [msvc] A patch, review needed - message compiler (mc) support

From: Alexey Pakhunov (alexeypa_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-23 04:48:42

On 11/23/05, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Another question (I'm getty rusty, it seems): why do we need to add MC support
> to "msvc.jam" as well. Can't general-purpose mc.jam serve all toolsets?

Just like other tools (cl.exe, rc.exe, mild.exe) in the MSVC toolset
mc.exe requires vcvars32.bat to be executed. Otherwise it will not be
found because normally it is not in the path. This seems to be a more
general problem of the msvc toolset. All tools in it depend on
vcvars32.bat. Without this dependency rc, mc and midl can be safely
moved out of the toolset.

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Best regards,
  Alexey Pakhunov.