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

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-13 05:07:18

On Saturday 13 May 2006 02:17, David Abrahams wrote:
> 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.  

You mean, "cl" is something completely different? Like, ehm, 5.0 version of 
msvc?

> > I suggest fixing the configuration 
> > so that vcvars32.bat gets called.  I'm actually surprised it's getting
> > missed.  Volodya, can you explain why?

I've looked at the code, and "vcvars32.bat" should always be called, except 
when V2 can't find "cl.exe" at all -- meaning it's not in PATH and the path 
provided in "using" invocation is incorrect.

I've already asked Alexey for some extra info that should help with diagnosing 
this further.

- Volodya

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