Can I compile the latest version of Boost (1.39.0 specifically) with Visual C++ 6 Service Pack 5?<br><br>Are there any dependencies to be able to compile Boost.Thread successfully? <br><br>I tried the following and got few errors while compiling.<br>
<br>Extracted Boost to a directory and downloaded a pre-built executable of Bjam (version 3.1.16) and copied Bjam to Boost&#39;s root directory. Then I went to $BOOST_ROOT\tools\build\v2\ and opened &quot;user-config.jam&quot; and added this command<br>
<br><i>using msvc : 6 ;</i><br><br>so it&#39;ll use VC6 for compilation (I did this because I have multiple versions of Visual C++ installed).<br><br>Fired, command line, changed directory to $BOOST_ROOT and entered this command<br>
<br><i>bjam --build-dir=&quot;D:\boost\build-boost&quot; --build-type=complete --with-thread stage<br><br></i>It printed some text on the console like no Python installation found, which I ignored, then it started printing errors and the screen keeps scrolling. In the end, the output was<br>
<br><b>...failed updated 6 targets...<br>...skipped 22 targets...</b><br><br>Now may I know why I&#39;m unable to compile this with Visual C++ 6?<br clear="all"><br>--<br>Manzoor Ahmed<br>