Re: [boost] [release] 1.64.0 please test master snapshot..

Subject: Re: [boost] [release] 1.64.0 please test master snapshot..
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-18 12:41:48

Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 4:06 AM, Tom Kent via Boost 
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > My (semi-)personal dog in the fight:
> > For the binary builds that we've put on sourceforge, the libraries are 
> > organized in directories based on the b2 command that was used to build 
> > them. This b2 toolset=msvc-14.0 address-model=32 would make 
> > boost_1_XX_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/. This could then be added to Visual 
> > Studio's link path (across multiple project files for different 
> > compilers/architectures) with 
> > boost_1_XX_0/lib$(PlatformArchitecture)-msvc-$(VisualStudioVersion)/.

...

> With one VS version supporting multiple toolsets you can't use the VS 
> version anyway can you?

That's a good point. If I use, say, VS 2015 with the v120 toolset, I need to 
link to the vc120 libraries, not to the vc140 ones. So it seems that 
boost_1_XX_0/lib$(PlatformArchitecture)-vc$(PlatformToolsetVersion)/ is 
better.