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-rw-r--r--mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py7
-rw-r--r--mesonbuild/mesonmain.py1
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
index e872a04..6a587ac 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ from ..environment import Environment
def autodetect_vs_version(build):
vs_version = os.getenv('VisualStudioVersion', None)
vs_install_dir = os.getenv('VSINSTALLDIR', None)
- if not vs_version and not vs_install_dir:
- raise MesonException('Could not detect Visual Studio: VisualStudioVersion and VSINSTALLDIR are unset!\n'
- 'Are we inside a Visual Studio build environment? '
- 'You can also try specifying the exact backend to use.')
+ if not vs_install_dir:
+ raise MesonException('Could not detect Visual Studio: Environment variable VSINSTALLDIR is not set!\n'
+ 'Are you running meson from the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt?')
# VisualStudioVersion is set since Visual Studio 12.0, but sometimes
# vcvarsall.bat doesn't set it, so also use VSINSTALLDIR
if vs_version == '14.0' or 'Visual Studio 14' in vs_install_dir:
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mesonmain.py b/mesonbuild/mesonmain.py
index f811def..20ec304 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mesonmain.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mesonmain.py
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ class MesonApp:
elif self.options.backend == 'vs':
from .backend import vs2010backend
g = vs2010backend.autodetect_vs_version(b)
+ env.coredata.set_builtin_option('backend', g.name)
mlog.log('Auto detected Visual Studio backend:', mlog.bold(g.name))
elif self.options.backend == 'vs2010':
from .backend import vs2010backend