Re: [Boost-users] Toolset version for Visual Studio 2017 15.6.3

Visual Studio version is not equal to the version of the C++ toolchain. Probably hasn't been since VC6. Confusing as hell, but the way it is. Regards, Nate On Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 8:01 PM Chris Stankevitz via Boost-users < boost-users@lists.boost.org> wrote:

On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 5:45 AM, degski via Boost-users wrote:

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What version should I pass to b2 --toolset=msvc-x.y for "Visual Studio 2017 15.6.3"?

so I guess 15.6 should do here

degski,

This is incorrect. The version passed to the "toolset" when using "Visual Studio 2017 15.6.3" is 14.1.

Here is the procedure I used to figure it out:

1. Read [1] which said to look at [2] 2. Read [2] but it is not up-to-date 3. Go to Costco and buy a new computer. Install only one compiler on it: "Visual Studio 2017 15.6.3" 4. Compile boost using b2 but do not specify a toolset 5. Look at which toolset was used: "msvc-14.1". Don't ask me now MSVC 15.6.3 has a toolkit version of 14.1.

Please feel free to update [2] with these instructions.

Chris

[1] https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_65_1/more/getting_started/windows.html#iden...

[2] https://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/bbv2/reference/tools.html _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users