[Boost-users] Problems building with Windows 10.0.10586.0 SDK

Subject: [Boost-users] Problems building with Windows 10.0.10586.0 SDK
From: Isaac Lascasas (isaaclascasas_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-12-21 12:33:07

I have just downloaded boost 1.60 for a regular update, I have found some
kind of build problem with my environment (vs2015 update 1 with Windows SDK
10.0.10586.0).

I usually just do this to get a build:

call bootstrap
b2 headers
bjam --build-type=complete --toolset=msvc-14.0 -j13 address-model=64 stage

I have never required vcvarsall.bat as boost build allways finds its way.
However today it wasn't able to find my windows headers so I manually did
this:

%comspec% /k ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"" x86_amd64 10.0.10586.0

Even so I found that boost was looking for sdk 10.0.10240.0 (an older one).
In my system I still had that sdk directory, however it only contained some
UCRT stuff.

I uninstalled deliberately that version with my visual studio setup some
days ago to upgrade to the new SDK. Until now I didn't found any problems.
Maybe you should check this out a bit, I can't figure out if this is a
problem of my environment, microsoft or boost build. Bringing 10240 back
allows me to build boost 1.60 without any problems.

My biggest concern is that boost is building against 10240 when 10586 is
available and both are installed, even after an explicit vcvars call to
stick to 10586.

Best,
Isaac Lascasas.