Re: [Boost-users] Building Boost 1.70 with VS2019?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Building Boost 1.70 with VS2019?
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-04-16 20:41:01

On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 21:37, Osman Zakir via Boost-users
<boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> How can I have Boost.Build use VS2019 when building Boost?
> I have a side-by-side installation of VS2019 on my computer, along with VS2017 also still being there.

1. START > Command Prompt (yes, the regular Windows Command Prompt)

2. cd C:\where\is\your\boost-1.70

3. bootstrap.bat

4. Run

b2 toolset=msvc-14.2 --debug-configuration

notice: found boost-build.jam at D:/boost.win/boost-build.jam
notice: loading Boost.Build from D:/boost.win/tools/build/src
notice: Searching 'C:\WINDOWS' 'C:\Users\mateuszl' 'C:\Users\mateuszl'
'C:\Users\mateuszl' 'D:\boost.win\tools/build/src'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/kernel'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/util'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/build'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/tools'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/contrib'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/.' for site-config configuration file
'site-config.jam'.
notice: Configuration file 'site-config.jam' not found in 'C:\WINDOWS'
'C:\Users\mateuszl' 'C:\Users\mateuszl' 'C:\Users\mateuszl'
'D:\boost.win\tools/build/src' 'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/kernel'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/util'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/build'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/tools'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/contrib'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/.'.
notice: Searching 'C:\Users\mateuszl' 'C:\Users\mateuszl'
'C:\Users\mateuszl' 'D:\boost.win\tools/build/src'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/kernel'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/util'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/build'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/tools'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/contrib'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/.' for user-config configuration file
'user-config.jam'.
notice: Configuration file 'user-config.jam' not found in
'C:\Users\mateuszl' 'C:\Users\mateuszl' 'C:\Users\mateuszl'
'D:\boost.win\tools/build/src' 'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/kernel'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/util'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/build'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/tools'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/contrib'
'D:/boost.win/tools/build/src/.'.
notice: Searching '.' for project-config configuration file
'project-config.jam'.
notice: Loading project-config configuration file 'project-config.jam' from '.'.
notice: [msvc-cfg] msvc-11.0 detected, command: 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin\cl.exe'
notice: [msvc-cfg] msvc-10.0 detected, command: 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\cl.exe'
notice: [msvc-cfg] msvc-14.2 detected, command: 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft Visual
Studio\2019\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.20.27508\bin\Hostx64\x64\cl.exe'
notice: [msvc-cfg] msvc-14.1 detected, command: 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft Visual
Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\Hostx64\x64\cl.exe'
notice: will use 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
Studio\2019\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.20.27508\bin\Hostx64\x64\cl.exe'
for msvc, condition <toolset>msvc-14.2
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

5 .Verify if VS 2019 is reported in the configuration diagnostics like
underlined above

If you want to build with VS2017, instead of toolset=msvc-14.2, use
toolset=msvc-14.21

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net