Cannot build 1.76.0 for Windows (wrong path to compiler)

From: Andreas Tscharner (andy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-04-22 09:03:41

Hello World,

I try, according to the "Get started guide"

 >bootstrap.bat

in the main boost directory. I get an error, because "C:\Program 
Files(x86)" ... contains a space and is not double quoted. So I replace all

set "B2_CXX=%CXX% ..."
with
set "B2_CXX="%CXX%" ..."

in tools\build\src\engine\config_toolset.bat

After that I have the following problem:

D:\Projects\development\QUARTIS-related\boost>.\bootstrap.bat
Building Boost.Build engine
LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Users\ATs\AppData\Local
Found with vswhere C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual 
Studio\2019\Enterprise
Found with vswhere C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual 
Studio\2019\Enterprise
Call_If_Exists "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual 
Studio\2019\Enterprise\Common7\Tools\..\..\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" 
  AMD64
**********************************************************************
** Visual Studio 2019 Developer Command Prompt v16.9.4
** Copyright (c) 2021 Microsoft Corporation
**********************************************************************
[vcvarsall.bat] Environment initialized for: 'x64'
###
### Using 'vc142' toolset.
###

D:\Projects\development\QUARTIS-related\boost\tools\build\src\engine>"C:/Program 
Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual 
Studio/2019/Enterprise/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.27.29110/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe" 
/nologo /MP /MT /TP /Feb2 /wd4996 /O2 /GL /EHsc   -DNDEBUG  builtins.cpp 
class.cpp command.cpp compile.cpp constants.cpp cwd.cpp debug.cpp 
debugger.cpp execcmd.cpp execnt.cpp filent.cpp filesys.cpp frames.cpp 
function.cpp glob.cpp hash.cpp hcache.cpp hdrmacro.cpp headers.cpp 
jam.cpp jamgram.cpp lists.cpp make.cpp make1.cpp md5.cpp mem.cpp 
modules.cpp native.cpp object.cpp option.cpp output.cpp parse.cpp 
pathnt.cpp pathsys.cpp regexp.cpp rules.cpp scan.cpp search.cpp 
jam_strings.cpp startup.cpp subst.cpp sysinfo.cpp timestamp.cpp 
variable.cpp w32_getreg.cpp modules/order.cpp modules/path.cpp 
modules/property-set.cpp modules/regex.cpp modules/sequence.cpp 
modules/set.cpp /link kernel32.lib advapi32.lib user32.lib
Das System kann den angegebenen Pfad nicht finden.

It tries to start "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual 
Studio/2019/Enterprise/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.27.29110/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe". 
Unfortunately 
at my system, I don't have this path. I have
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual 
Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.28.29910...

Please note the different number after "MSVC"

What is the problem? How can I fix this?

TIA and best regards
        Andreas
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Andreas Tscharner  andy_at_[hidden]   ICQ-No. 14356454