[Boost-build] query regarding configuring bjam for building projects in Windows and Linux

Subject: [Boost-build] query regarding configuring bjam for building projects in Windows and Linux
From: Ganesh Borse (bganesh05_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-25 00:17:08

Hi

I am new to bjam build process.

We've an application that runs on multiple platforms with the same codebase.

Our team that maintains this application on Linux has already migrated this
application to bjam. For this, a Jamroot with Linux specific rules, etc is
already created.

There are no other jam files are created and the toolset to use is
specified through "using gcc ; " rule in Jamroot.

Now, for adding Windows build to this Jamroot, I added "using msvc : 9 ;"
to this same Jamroot, as below:
using gcc ;
using msvc : 9 : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
9.0\VC\bin\cl.exe";

When I tried to build the application using bjam (command line: bjam -q) on
windows using this Jamroot, the bjam command failed as it could not find
gcc on Windows:
C:/boostbuild/share/boost-build/tools\gcc.jam:130: in gcc.init from module
gcc
error: toolset gcc initialization:
error: no command provided, default command 'g++' not found
error: initialized from Jamroot:33
C:/boostbuild/share/boost-build/build\toolset.jam:39: in toolset.using from
module toolset
C:/boostbuild/share/boost-build/build\project.jam:898: in using from module
project-rules
Jamroot:33: in modules.load from module
Jamfile</C:/Users/root-path-of-application-src/>
C:/boostbuild/share/boost-build/build\project.jam:317: in load-jamfile from
module project
C:/boostbuild/share/boost-build/build\project.jam:62: in load from module
project
C:/boostbuild/share/boost-build/build\project.jam:168: in project.find from
module project
C:/boostbuild/share/boost-build\build-system.jam:570: in load from module
build-system
C:\boostbuild\share\boost-build\kernel\modules.jam:283: in import from
module modules
C:\boostbuild\share\boost-build\kernel\bootstrap.jam:142: in boost-build
from module
C:\boostbuild\share\boost-build\boost-build.jam:8: in module scope from
module

Can you please help me know, how can I specify the correct toolset on
Windows for bjam?

Please help.

Thanks,
ganesh