[Boost-build] Compiling with mscv toolset complains about unresolve symbols

From: Richard Pitre (rpitre_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-01-10 16:55:38

I am trying to build the tutorial quickstart project.

I my user-config file I have this:
using mscv : 14.0  ;

and my command is
b2 address-model=64 --user-config=../user-config.jam

It fails at the link phase with messages like:
  Creating library extending.lib and object extending.exp
extending.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _purecall
extending.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__invalid_parameter referenced in function "void * __cdecl std::_Allocate(unsigned __int64,unsigned __int64,bool)" (?_Allocate_at_std@@YAPEAX_K0_N_at_Z)
extending.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__wassert referenced in function "public: __cdecl boost::python::api::object_base::~object_base(void)" (??1object_base_at_api@python_at_boost@@QEAA_at_XZ)
.... others ...
MSVCRTD.lib(gshandlereh.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __CxxFrameHandler3
MSVCRTD.lib(new_scalar.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _callnewh referenced in function "void * __cdecl operator new(unsigned __int64)" (??2_at_YAPEAX_K_at_Z)
MSVCRTD.lib(new_scalar.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol malloc referenced in function "void * __cdecl operator new(unsigned __int64)" (??2_at_YAPEAX_K_at_Z)
... others....

  Richard Pitre
  rpitre_at_[hidden]