Is there a way to use x86 and x86_mscoff with dub simultaneously.

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 25 July 2017 at 14:17:54 UTC, ciechowoj wrote:
> Currently dub reports following message when the -m32mscoff 
> flag is specified in dub.json.
>
>
> ```
> -m32mscoff: Use --arch=x86/--arch=x86_64/--arch=x86_mscoff to 
> specify the target architecture, e.g. 'dub build --arch=x86_64'

> architecture explicitly or at least provide a meaningful 
> message to the user that they should use `--arch=x86_mscoff` ?

What's wrong with the current error message? Doesn't it do that?

>
> Or a way to force dub to use VS linker instead of OPTLINK for 
> x86 case?
> Or a way to override the default architecture?

That's precisely what --arch (or simply -a) is for. But you can 
avoid passing it explicitly by setting the $DUB_ARCH environment 
variable (as per the dub documentation).