-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Steven Watanabe via Boost Sent: 27 March 2019 18:56 To: Boost Cc: Steven Watanabe Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost-build] Building Boost 1.69 with Visual Studio 1.69
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On 3/27/19 12:02 PM, Paul Bristow wrote:
<snip> I was fully up-to-date on develop yesterday, and installed git a week ago (new machine ;-) ).
The current revision of Boost.Build in develop should be e22a75c8 (March 18)
I am also slightly concerned that specifying the cl.exe fully may not be updated when Visual studio is updated, as happens today? But it does seem to using the new compiler version, even though the full cl.exe file specification is no longer correct. Similarly vsvarsall.bat location in the set command will change.
But I am getting Boost library files built OK for several compilers and versions, so that's progress.
Hmm. It looks like VS2019 isn't being autodetected. It seems to be working for Tom's test runners.
Maybe see what you get from:
vswhere -latest -products * -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -property installationPath -version "[16.0,17.0)"
(This is how Boost.Build tries to detect VS2019.)
I don't think that vswhere.exe is visible from my user or VS command prompts :-( C:\Users\Paul>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional>vswhere.exe 'vswhere.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Preview>vswhere.exe 'vswhere.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. But one copy is present at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer and With no parameters vswhere outputs this C:\Users\Paul>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe" Visual Studio Locator version 2.6.7+91f4c1d09e [query version 2.0.2250.60958] Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. instanceId: bd686eb9 installDate: 10Dec2018 16:18:55 installationName: VisualStudio/15.9.10+28307.557 installationPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional installationVersion: 15.9.28307.557 productId: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Professional productPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe state: 4294967295 isComplete: 1 isLaunchable: 1 isPrerelease: 0 isRebootRequired: 0 displayName: Visual Studio Professional 2017 description: Professional developer tools and services for small teams channelId: VisualStudio.15.Release channelUri: https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/channel enginePath: C:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio\installer\resources\app\ServiceHub\Services\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Service releaseNotes: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=660692#15.9.10 thirdPartyNotices: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=660708 updateDate: 2019-03-27T11:37:49.0677562Z catalog_buildBranch: d15.9 catalog_buildVersion: 15.9.28307.557 catalog_id: VisualStudio/15.9.10+28307.557 catalog_localBuild: build-lab catalog_manifestName: VisualStudio catalog_manifestType: installer catalog_productDisplayVersion: 15.9.10 catalog_productLine: Dev15 catalog_productLineVersion: 2017 catalog_productMilestone: RTW catalog_productMilestoneIsPreRelease: False catalog_productName: Visual Studio catalog_productPatchVersion: 10 catalog_productPreReleaseMilestoneSuffix: 1.0 catalog_productRelease: RTW catalog_productSemanticVersion: 15.9.10+28307.557 catalog_requiredEngineVersion: 1.18.1049.33485 properties_campaignId: 1028583927.1544458409 properties_channelManifestId: VisualStudio.15.Release/15.9.10+28307.557 properties_nickname: properties_setupEngineFilePath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installershell.exe running his with the options you give produced NO output: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer>vswhere.exe -latest -products * -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -property installationPath -version "[16.0,17.0)" I'm installing some other Visual Studio items to see if that will help. I conclude that you are correct but what is wrong with my install is as yet unclear to me. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/setup/vswhere-is-now-installed-with-visual-st... dated in 2017 suggests that vswhere.exe should have been present using VS2017. Do I just need vswhere.exe in my path? Thanks for yet more help. Paul