New attempt

diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 1e6ef3d..96ef32b 100644 (file)
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ branches:
 environment:
   global:
     BOOST_ROOT: C:\Libraries\boost_1_71_0
-    PATH: $(PATH);C:\projects\simgrid\lib
 
 install:
 # Strawberry perl is the one to work with gcc; AppVeyor provides ActiveState perl, which is the one to work with visual.
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ install:
 - rename "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\sh.exe" "sh-ignored.exe"
 # We need pybind11. SimGrid will pick it automatically if the subdir is here
 - cmd: git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
+# system path has to be modified from python 3.8 as user's path is ignored
+- cmd: setx PATH "C:\projects\simgrid\lib;%PATH%" /m
 
 build_script:
 - cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -Denable_lua=OFF -Denable_documentation=OFF -Denable_java=ON -Denable_msg=ON -Denable_smpi=OFF -Denable_mallocators=OFF -Denable_lto=OFF .