[Boost-build] Support for xp targeting in visual studio 11

Subject: [Boost-build] Support for xp targeting in visual studio 11
From: Loïc Joly (L.Joly_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-03-07 13:27:58

Hello,

I've searched the list for such a version, the latest message I could find on the subject was :

From: Jeff Flinn (Jeffrey.Flinn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-01-07 07:42:56

> On 1/7/2013 2:16 AM, Robert Hegner wrote:
> I still hope that someone comes up with a solution for building the
> boost libraries with the v110_xp toolset.

Yes, both our console and windows apps run under XP, Vista, 7 & 8. All
of our tests pass, and our QA group has not found problems.

I will probably try building boost and Qt when I get a chance following
the "Targeting from the Command Line" steps described at:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/10/08/windows-xp-targeting-with-c-in-visual-studio-2012.aspx

Jeff

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Do you know if someone has worked on it?

I would be willing to help with it, but currently, to me, boost.build is just black magic, and I don't know for sure where to look. I think the build configuration should remain unchanged, since the compiler is supposed to have exactly the same capabilities as mainstream VC11 (except for C++amp, which should not concern boost yet), but the command lines have to be adapted. Could you point me to the right place to modify?

Thank you,

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Loïc Joly