[Scons-users] Is there a way to turn this warning message off?

[William Blevins]

I got mixed opinions earlier, but if DefaultEnvironment( tools = [ ] )
resolves the issue, then it matters less.  If this doesn't work, I think
this goes back to consistency.

V/R,
William


On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Mark A. Flacy <mflacy at verizon.net> wrote:

> On Saturday, July 26, 2014 11:05:16 PM Dirk Bächle wrote:
> > On 26.07.2014 22:52, William Blevins wrote:
> > > As Mark has already stated, this is a consistency problem.  Why do the
> > > C/C++ tools complain by default when none of the other tools do?
> >
> > Because the author(s) of the Tool chose to do so...and, in my opinion,
> > they should be free to follow either way.
>
> So much for consistent behavior across platforms.
>
> >
> > > It would be reasonable to give a warning if the build called the C/C++
> > > scanner for example, but in the case above, it sounds like the tool is
> > > never used.
> >
> > A Tool doesn't get used, it sets up and changes the Environment...mainly
> > by adding Builders or tweaking environment variables. At the time a Tool
> > gets initialized, it's not possible to decide whether a provided Builder
> > will get used or not.
> >
> > >  It is not reasonable for the warning just because SCons in running on
> > >
> > > Windows and SCons happens to support C/C++.
> > >
> > > I have a usage question. Does the warning still appear in you set the
> > > DefaultEnvironment( tools = [] )?
> >
> > The warning appears whenever you try to initialize the "msvs" Tool under
> > Windows, without having a corresponding compiler installed. Setting
> > "tools=[]" for all your environments would prevent this...
>
> Or not sucking in all the tools by default would do the same.
>
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> Mark A. Flacy
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