Is safe to try this option? Nothing will be broken?
Where I can set this variable?
On Jun 4, 3:40 pm, Bradley Nelson <bradnel...@google.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> If you don't have Visual Studio 2008 installed you can stop reading.
>
> As many of you have no doubt noticed, gyp emits something approximating
> vs2008 sln/vcproj files for the portion of the build it has swallowed.
> Currently it decides to emit vs2008 format if vs2008 is installed. The
> auto-detect has been a problem for several people, since the extent to which
> things build under vs2008 is unstable.
>
> I will be dropping a change in once the tree opens again to switch the
> default to vs2005.
>
> If you do want to play with the vs2008 option you can force it by setting
> GYP_MSVS_VERSION=2008 in your environment.
>
> Eventually we will add a vs2008 builder. But there seems like little point
> at the moment, since not everything has been gypified (so the import step
> still happens).
>
> If you feel strongly about what the eventual behavior should be, let me
> know.
>
> (Oh and for the folks that added in boost, I'll be adding in an MSVS_VERSION
> variable you'll be able to use at gyp time so you can have different
> behaviors).
>
> -BradN
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