enable exceptions by default in package

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/xmake/core/package/package.lua b/xmake/core/package/package.lua
index af523d2dc..a0af9f747 100644
--- a/xmake/core/package/package.lua
+++ b/xmake/core/package/package.lua
@@ -1976,6 +1976,10 @@ function _instance:_generate_build_configs(configs, opt)
             end
         end
     end
+    -- enable exceptions for msvc by default
+    if opt.sourcekind == "cxx" and configs.exceptions == nil and self:has_tool("cxx", "cl") then
+        configs.exceptions = "cxx"
+    end
     if configs and (configs.ldflags or configs.shflags) then
         configs.force = {ldflags = configs.ldflags, shflags = configs.shflags}
         configs.ldflags = nil