Re: [Boost-users] Boost 1.34 and Visual C++ "Orcas"

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-15 01:04:56

on Sun May 13 2007, "Josue Gomes" <josue.gomes.honeypot-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've successfully built Boost 1.34 with MS Visual C++ "Orcas" Express Edition.
>
> To do so I've modified msvc.jam and visualc.hpp. Here the patch files
> for all of you interested.
>
> --- msvc.jam	2007-05-13 07:37:48.562500000 -0300
> +++ msvc.jam	2007-05-12 13:10:57.734375000 -0300
> @@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ local rule configure-really (
>          {
>              # Even if version is not explicitly specified, try to
> detect the version
>              # from the path.
> +            if [ MATCH "(Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0)" : $(command) ]
> +            {
> +                version = 9.0 ;
> +            }
>              if [ MATCH "(Microsoft Visual Studio 8)" : $(command) ]
>              {
>                  version = 8.0 ;

It's not your fault for following the pattern that was already there,
but looking at the path to identify the compiler is suboptimal at
best.  We should be invoking the compiler using the SHELL function and
asking it to tell us its version.  See gcc.jam for an example.

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