Re: [Boost-build] Failure to build - missing cl.exe

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Failure to build - missing cl.exe
From: Juraj Ivanèiæ (juraj.ivancic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-10-24 08:23:00

On 23.10.2014. 22:22, Jürgen Hunold wrote:

> Try different setting for "rewrite-setup-scripts":
>
> using msvc : 12.0 : : <rewrite-setup-scripts>on ;

Just to set the record straight:

'on' is the default value meaning replacements scripts will be created 
if they do not exist, and used directly if they do. So the above is the 
same as using msvc : 12.0 ;

'<rewrite-setup-scripts>off' will restore the old behavior - call 
vcvarsall.bat instead.

'<rewrite-setup-scripts>always' will re-create replacement scripts on 
every b2 invocation.

If this new behavior is the culprit, then most likely replacement 
scripts exist, but are invalid for some reason (empty?). See if there is 
something wrong with them - they reside in TEMP dir, and have 'b2_*.cmd' 
name pattern, for example:

b2_msvc_12.0_vcvarsall_x86.cmd
b2_msvc_12.0_vcvarsall_x86_amd64.cmd