Re: Cannot set environment variables in jam for VC6 and VC7

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-05 22:34:28

rmarsdena_at_[hidden] writes:

>> Visual C++ is a compiler
>> Visual Studio is an IDE
>
> Indeed, my woolly thinking in the heat of battle :-) I should have put 
> VS6.
>
> I tried:
>> bjam -sMSVCDir= -sTOOLS=vc7.1
>
> and used 
>
>     Main Fred.exe : Fred.cpp ;
      ^^^^
That's a Perforce ("Classic") Jam rule, not a Boost.Build rule.  You
can't expect setting TOOLS to help you if you're going to use those
primitives... and I can't be much help with Perforce Jam stuff
anyway. If you want to do this, you should invoke "jam" and not
"bjam", though.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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