Re: [Boost-users] Building boost from straight Windows Command Prompt

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Building boost from straight Windows Command Prompt
From: Michael Powell (mwpowellnm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-16 14:33:48

Are you positive of that? Because the last instruction I know about is that
bootstrap et al should be run from the MSVS command prompt... I'll try it
without the VCVARSALL.BAT, however, because that would, of course, be
preferable...

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Andrew Holden <
aholden_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 1:15 PM, Michael Powell
> > So... If I want to build boost from a straight up Windows Command
> Prompt
> > in the Visual Studio environment, the key is that we run the
> VCVARSALL.BAT
> > file prior to running the bootstrap, etc, etc? For instance, if we
> wanted
> > to route a conditional build of boost through our Continuous
> Integration
> > process using NAnt, for instance...
>
> VCVARSALL.BAT should be unnecessary.  Bootstrap should find a compiler
> (any compiler) to build bjam.  Bjam will examine its command line to
> determine which compiler you want to use.  The entire boost build system
> will ignore vcvarsall.bat.
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