Re: [Boost-build] List recognized toolsets

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] List recognized toolsets
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-03-09 22:11:33

On 9 March 2018 at 20:50, Steven Watanabe via Boost-build
<boost-build_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 03/09/2018 12:35 PM, Mateusz Loskot via Boost-build wrote:
>> On 9 March 2018 at 20:20, Steven Watanabe via Boost-build <boost-build_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> On 03/09/2018 11:03 AM, Mateusz Loskot via Boost-build wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm running b2.exe on Windows, from the current develop branch.
>>>> I am not able to find out what b2 or bootstrap.bat option
>>>> can give me list of recognized toolsets available
>>>> in my environment.
>>>>
>>>> IOW, is there any option that somewhat mimics the vswhere.exe lookup?
>>>>
>>> There is no such option.
>>
>> Then, having multiple VS2017 installations, is it possible to specify
>> which CL.exe is used, from b2 command line and not user-profile.jam?
>>
>
>   No.  There is no way to specify the the compiler command
> directly on the command line.  You may be able to set
> up multiple VS2017 toolsets, but I don't think that this
> has been tested recently.  In the past, I believe msvc-9.0
> and msvc-9.0express could co-exist.

I see. Thank you Steven.

Best regards,
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