Re: [Boost-build] Difficulty configuring boost.build for MSVC 9.0

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Difficulty configuring boost.build for MSVC 9.0
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-20 13:49:18

AMDG

Ian Emmons wrote:
> <snip>
>
> However, when I try the analogous configuration for Visual Studio 2008 
> (msvc-9.0), bad things happen:
>
> using msvc
>    :  9.0
>    :  # no c++ compile command
>    :  # no features
>    ;
>
> Specifically, bjam issues the command "cl" without previously invoking 
> the setup script, and so "cl" isn't on the path, and therefore fails.  
> I get the same result when I explicitly specify the setup script:
>
> using msvc
>    :  9.0
>    :  # no c++ compile command
>    :  <setup>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 
> 9.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
>    ;
>
> Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

What does bjam print when you run it with --debug-configuration?

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe