Re: [Boost-build] Metacomm msvc 6.5: /Zm800 option

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-12 18:17:45

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>
>> 
>> Hi,
>> the V2 metacomm tests fail with msvc 6.5, because compiler dislikes the
>> /Zm800 option, see:
>> 
>>    http://tinyurl.com/s89kh
>> 
>> I'm not quite sure what's going on, since that option is passed,
>> unconditionally, since 2003, without any problems.
>
> Anybody has any ideas? 

Yes, I theorized:

> Aleksey and Volodya: it's hard to imagine what could cause these
> vc-6.5 failures, since they worked elsewhere.  Okay, here's one weird
> possibility: I note there's no call to vcvars32.bat.  Maybe "cl"
> doesn't refer to vc-6 in the PATH.  I suggest fixing the configuration
> so that vcvars32.bat gets called.  I'm actually surprised it's getting
> missed.  Volodya, can you explain why?

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