Build Boost 1_70_0 to MS V Studio 2019 C++

Question

I've been using Boost libraries with MS Visual Studio C++ for a long time, in different versions of VS and Boost.

Relating to Boost, after download and unpack, the build process has been:

1.- Run bootstrap from VS prompt.

2.- In C:\boost_some_ver\project-config.jam, edit the line using msvc ; and change to using msvc : 14.0 ;

In this case, 14.0 correspond to VS Express 2015

3.- Build the libraries with the command:

bjam release debug threading=multi --build-type=complete --toolset=msvc address-model=64 stage

Now I must build the libraries for VS Studio 2019 and want to know what toolset correspond to this compiler.

Ie. What x.xx number correspond to VS Express 2019 C++ in using msvc x.xx ;

Answer 1

To build the Boost_1_70_0 libraries for MS Visual Studio 2019, the toolset seems be 14.2 although it seem not necessary modify the file project-config.jam.

Leaving that file "as is", and using the "developer command prompt to MS 2019" to build the libraries (in my case):

32 bits libraries:

b2 release debug threading=multi --build-type=complete --toolset=msvc stage

64 bits libraries:

b2 release debug threading=multi --build-type=complete --toolset=msvc address-model=64 stage

The builder automatically generates libraries for msvc-14.2 in both versions, debug and release.