Re: [Boost-build] How to build 64-bit executables with msvc?

From: Mat Marcus (mat-lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-04 15:54:42

On 10/4/07, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 04 October 2007 21:23:41 Mat Marcus wrote:
> > I am running 32bit windows XP. I would like to use bbv2 (from 1.34.1) to
> > build 64bit exectuables. I read some threads on this list from January
> and
> > July, but I remain unclear on the exact command-line invocation/user-
> > config.jam that will work. One attempt:
> >
> > ### user-config.jam
> >
> > import toolset : using ;
> > using msvc ;
> >
> > ### invocation
> >  bjam  address-model=64 regex
> >
> > ### result
> > compile-c-c++
> >
> bin.v2\libs\regex\build\msvc-8.0\debug\address-model-64\threading-multi\c_regex_traits.obj
> > 'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> > operable program or batch file.
>
>
>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > I also tried adding:
> >  using msvc : 8.0amd : "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio
> > 8\\VC\\BIN\\amd64\\cl.exe" ;
> >
> > to my user config and then invoking as:
> > bjam --toolset=msvc-8.0amd address-model=64 regex
> >
> > In this case, things seem to start out ok, but instead of compilation, I
> got
> > a series of dialog boxes indicating that an attempt was being made to
> > directly execute rsp files. Presumably vcvarsall.bat is not being
> invoked.
> > Finally, I tried adding:
> >
> >  msvc.configure 8.0 : "<command>c:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft
> Visual
> > Studio 8\\VC\\BIN\\amd64\\cl" "<setup>C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft
> > Visual Studio 8\\VC\\vcvarsall.bat" ;
> >
> > to my user-config.jam (based on a message from Dave A. from July). This
> only
> > results in:
> > C:\home\user-config.jam:34: in modules.load
> > rule msvc.configure unknown in module user-config.
> >
> > Could someone please tell me exactly what I must do to succeed in this
> > endeavor?
>
> I believe you have to explicitly configure msvc, providing the path of the
> regular
> 32-bit compiler, like this:
>
>         using msvc : 8.0 : "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual
> Studio 8\\VC\\BIN\\cl.exe" ;
>
> and then, you should say:
>
>         bjam address-model=64
>
> or
>
>         bjam address-model=64 architecture=opteron
>
> I've just some fruitfull off-list discussion with Ilya Sokolov, who
> explained quite some details about msvc 64-bit support, but haven't yet
> converted
> that to docs.
>
> - Volodya

Thanks for the reply. I followed your suggestion. Unfortunately, it seems to
lead to the same outcome (dialog boxes, failure to call vcvarsall?)
described in one of my experiments above:

>
> I also tried adding:
>  using msvc : 8.0amd : "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 8\\VC\\BIN\\amd64\\cl.exe" ;
>
> to my user config and then invoking as:
> bjam --toolset=msvc-8.0amd address-model=64 regex
>
> In this case, things seem to start out ok, but instead of compilation, I
got
> a series of dialog boxes indicating that an attempt was being made to
> directly execute rsp files. Presumably vcvarsall.bat is not being invoked.

Further advice would be greatly appreciated.

 - Mat