Re: [Boost-users] Building Boost for Comeau

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-22 12:10:55

Bronek Kozicki wrote:
> Edward Diener <eddielee_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
>>In the explanation for como-win32 toolset configuration variables,
>>the variable COMO_BACKEND_PATH, which says "Path to backend compiler"
>>has a default value of $(VC7_TOOLS). Running vcvars32.bat for vc7
> 
> 
> I believe this is error in documentation. Actual value being used in 
> como-win23-tools.jam is VC7_ROOT . This should have been set by your 
> vcvars32.bat to c:\vsnet\vc7 (given your example directory c:\vsnet ). 

The vcvars32.bat does not set a VC7_ROOT. But looking at the explanation for 
VC7_ROOT it is probably taken from MSVCDir, which is set by vcvars32.bat. I will 
set COMO_BACKEND_PATH to the value of MSVCDir. Thanks !