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

From: Bojan Resnik (resnikb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-05 04:07:19

> 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 use
   using msvc : all ;

in user-config.jam, and invoking
    bjam msvc-8.0 address-model=64 regex

works as expected on my machine.

-- 
Bojan Resnik