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authorMats Wichmann <mats@linux.com>2020-07-03 17:02:04 -0600
committerMats Wichmann <mats@linux.com>2020-07-03 17:02:04 -0600
commit286384aa1b69ab011814adce8b814eaf8b5e1f98 (patch)
treed974221f8ece8485de0e300e31a03a76de444718
parenta851007c86d117f38aacd59fe462da5ecc4f1b5a (diff)
downloadscons-git-286384aa1b69ab011814adce8b814eaf8b5e1f98.tar.gz
[PR #3730] change wording on TARGET_ARCH [skip appveyor]
Some targets unavailable on some MSVC versions. Don't try to say anything about that except "check MS docs". Signed-off-by: Mats Wichmann <mats@linux.com>
-rw-r--r--SCons/Tool/msvc.xml15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/SCons/Tool/msvc.xml b/SCons/Tool/msvc.xml
index fd83f61e3..2dec9c5b0 100644
--- a/SCons/Tool/msvc.xml
+++ b/SCons/Tool/msvc.xml
@@ -449,18 +449,23 @@ latest version for use.
</para>
<para>
-Valid values for Windows are
+On Windows, valid target values are
<literal>x86</literal>,
<literal>arm</literal>,
<literal>i386</literal>
-(for 32 bit);
+for 32-bit targets and
<literal>amd64</literal>,
<literal>arm64</literal>,
-<literal>emt64</literal>,
+<literal>em64t</literal>,
<literal>x86_64</literal>
-(for 64 bit);
-and <literal>ia64</literal> (Itanium) (deprecated).
+and <literal>ia64</literal> (Itanium)
+for 64-bit targets.
+Note that not all target architectures are
+supported for all Visual Studio / MSVC versions
+check the relevant Microsoft documentation.
+</para>
+<para>
For example, if you want to compile 64-bit binaries, you would set
<literal>TARGET_ARCH='x86_64'</literal> in your SCons environment.
</para>