Re: [boost] [release] Boost 1.63.0 Beta 1

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Jürgen Hunold wrote:

Hi Olaf

Am Montag, 21. November 2016, 08:38:31 CET schrieb Olaf van der Spek:

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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Olaf van der Spek wrote:

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Has support for VS2017RC still not been merged into b2? IIRC this part was ready even before 1.62.

Yes, until MS changed the install path's of Visual Studio with Preview 5. And again with the RC. So we need to adopt Boost.Build again in the hope the current directory layout is kept for the final.

The path issue is a minor issue.

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With cl in the path:

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C:/VC/boost/tools/build/src/tools\msvc.jam:834: in generate-setup-cmd *** argument error * rule maybe-rewrite-setup ( toolset : setup-script : setup-options : version : rewrite-setup ? ) * called with: ( msvc : : : default : )

The internal detection logic is broken. I've taken a cursory look at it, but found no quick solution. Patches welcome.

I think 1.62 used to be buildable with the preview.. Who's the resident Boost Build expert? IMO it'd be very nice to have VS2017 working. -- Olaf