Re: [Boost-build] Selecting a compiler on the commandline

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-21 02:02:43

Mark Van Peteghem wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have Visual C++ 6, VC++ 2003 and VC++ 2005 installed on my computer. I
> downloaded boost_1_34_1 and the most recent version of bjam.
> 
> I tried to build the regex library with the following batch file:
> 
> set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\VC98\Bin;C:\Libraries\boost-jam;c:\windows;c:\windows\system32;c:\windows\system
> call vcvars32.bat
> bjam --prefix=C:\Libraries\boost_1_34_1 -q -d+2 --with-regex
> --toolset=msvc stage
> 
> but it seems that it builds with the VC++ 2005 compiler: the libraries
> and dlls have 80 in their name, and in the output of bjam I see that
> VC++ 2005 is called with its complete path. How do I specify that I want
> it to use VC++ 6?
> 
> I find it very confusing that bjam is calling an application of which
> you thought it couldn't find because it is not on the path.
> 
>  From an earlier version of bjam I remember that you could specify
> msvc-6_5 for the toolset, but when I try that now, I get errors about
> /Ze and /Za options being incompatible.

You can try --toolset=msvc-6.5

- Volodya