Re: [Boost-build] msvc express toolset.

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-22 21:53:03

AMDG

Jurko Gospodnetić wrote:
>   Hi Steven.
>
>> Nope.  [ os..name ] is NT because I use a windows build of bjam.
>> Actually, now that I'm thinking about this again, a better way is to
>> use the absolute windows path to the compiler.  When I do use
>> a cygwin bjam, it finds a different user-config, BTW.
>
>   Argh... forgot about that. I guess the policy of making toolsets not 
> break the build except in case of conflicting requirements (e.g. 
> different requirements for the same version) then makes sense if we 
> want to run the build system from different environments on the same 
> machine.
>
>   And the warnings? Should they be displayed always, or just when the 
> --debug-configuration option is used? My first guess is that they 
> should come only under --debug-configuration.
>
>   On the other hand... if you specify --debug-configuration you will 
> already get the exact list of all auto-detected msvc versions.

bjam toolset=xxx
should fail with a useful error message if the configuration of toolset 
xxx failed.

We should distinguish between actually using a toolset and merely trying
to configure it.  It seems reasonable for configuration failures of unused
toolsets only cause warnings only if --debug-configuration is passed.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe