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diff --git a/doc/man/scons.1 b/doc/man/scons.1 index eb0954c..dfed6c3 100644 --- a/doc/man/scons.1 +++ b/doc/man/scons.1 @@ -711,69 +711,31 @@ def my_tool(env): env = Environment(tools = [my_tool]) .EE -SCons supports the following tool specifications -out of the box on -.B cygwin -and -.B posix -platforms: +If no tool list is specified, then SCons will auto-detect the installed +tools using the PATH variable in the ENV construction variable and the +platform name when the Environment is constructed. Changing the PATH +variable after the Environment is constructed will not cause the tools to +be redetected. +SCons supports the following tool specifications +out of the box on all platforms: .ES ar dvipdf dvips g++ g77 -gas (if the GNU assembler is available) -gcc -gnulink -latex -lex -nasm (if the GNU assembler is not available) -pdflatex -pdftex -tar -tex -yacc -.EE - -SCons supports the following tool specifications out of the box on -.B os2 -platforms: - -.ES -dvipdf -dvips -g77 -icc -ifl -ilink -latex -lex -nasm -pdflatex -pdftex -tex -yacc -.EE - -SCons supports the following tool specifications out of the box on -.B win32 -platforms: - -.ES -dvipdf -dvips -g77 icc ifl ilink +gas +gcc +gnulink latex lex -lib +masm mslink msvc -masm nasm pdflatex pdftex @@ -782,6 +744,10 @@ tex yacc .EE +On posix and cygwin platforms the GNU tools (e.g. gcc) are preferred by SCons, +on win32 the Microsoft tools (e.g. msvc) are preferred by SCons, and in OS/2 the IBM +tools (e.g. icc) are preferred by SCons. + .SS Builder Methods Build rules are specified by calling a construction |