Re: [Boost-testing] Metacomm and V2

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-28 15:27:53

Aleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hmm, looking at our user-config.jam, may be I misunderstood what the
> Boost.Build docs are saying here (http://tinyurl.com/hdb48):
>
>   The invocation-command parameter is the command that must be
>   executed to run the compiler. This parameter can usually be omitted
>   if the compiler executable
>
>     * has its "usual name" and is in the PATH, or
>     * was installed in a standard "installation directory", or
>     * can be found through a global mechanism like the Windows registry.
>
> and omitting the invocation-command for versioned toolsets along the
> following lines is not supported:
>
>     using msvc : 6.5 ;
>     using msvc : 7.0 ;
>     using msvc : 7.1 ;
>
> Is that the case?

That really *shouldn't* be the case as long as the compilers are
installed in their usual installation directories or if the windows
registry gives a correct report of their locations.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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