Re: [Boost-build] toolset requirement

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] toolset requirement
From: Deane Yang (deane_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-06 14:58:09

Steven Watanabe wrote:
> AMDG
> 
> Deane Yang wrote:
>> In my user-config.jam, I have:
>>
>> using msvc ;
>> using gcc ;
>>
>> because for all but one of my projects, I use the msvc toolset.
>>
>> I have *one* project for which I want to use the gcc toolset. So I 
>> tried to put in the project Jamfile the following:
>>
>> project
>>   : requirements
>>     <target-os>windows:<toolset>gcc
>>   ;
>>
>> This does not work. What should I do (if anything) instead?
> 
> It seems to require a version.  I'm not quite sure why.
> 
> using gcc : 3.3.4 ;
> 
> project : requirements
>  <target-os>windows:<toolset>gcc-3.4.4
> ;
> 

Thanks for the help. But it does not work for me. I get the same error 
message:

c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\feature.jam:467: 
in feature.validate-value-string from module feature
error: "gcc" is not a known value of feature <toolset>
error: legal values: "msvc"
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\property.jam:276: 
in validate1 from module property
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\property.jam:301: 
in property.validate from module property
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/tools\builtin.jam:354: 
in variant from module builtin
..\..\..\Jamroot:63: in modules.load from module 
Jamfile</c:/home/deane/git/software>
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:307: 
in load-jamfile from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:62: in 
load from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:115: 
in load-parent from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:442: 
in initialize from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:297: 
in load-jamfile from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:62: in 
load from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:115: 
in load-parent from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:442: 
in initialize from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:297: 
in load-jamfile from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:62: in 
load from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:115: 
in load-parent from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:442: 
in initialize from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:297: 
in load-jamfile from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:62: in 
load from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:168: 
in project.find from module project
c:/home/deane/git/software/boost/tools/build/v2\build-system.jam:535: in 
load from module build-system
c:\home\deane\git\software\boost\tools\build\v2/kernel\modules.jam:283: 
in import from module modules
c:\home\deane\git\software\boost\tools\build\v2\kernel\bootstrap.jam:128: 
in boost-build from module
c:\home\deane\git\software\boost-build.jam:1: in module scope from module