I am trying to build boost 1.63 with the lastest msvc 14.1 and VS2017 RC. So I did everything I do normally, I opened the Development Cmd and then I run the bootstrap.bat and run the command
b2 -link=static -threading=multi
For some reason I got those errors :
E:/Coding/SDKs/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src/tools\msvc.jam:834: in generate-setup-cmd
*** argument error
* rule maybe-rewrite-setup ( toolset : setup-script : setup-options : version : rewrite-setup ? )
* called with: ( msvc : : : default : )
* missing argument setup-script
E:/Coding/SDKs/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src/tools\msvc.jam:746:see definition of rule 'maybe-rewrite-setup' being called
E:/Coding/SDKs/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src/tools\msvc.jam:1076: in configure-really
E:/Coding/SDKs/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src/tools\msvc.jam:201: in configure
E:/Coding/SDKs/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src/tools\msvc.jam:153: in msvc.init
E:/Coding/SDKs/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src/build\toolset.jam:43: in toolset.using
E:/Coding/SDKs/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:1052: in using
project-config.jam:3: in modules.load
E:/Coding/SDKs/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src\build-system.jam:249: in load-config
E:/Coding/SDKs/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src\build-system.jam:412: in load-configuration-files
E:/Coding/SDKs/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src\build-system.jam:524: in load
E:\Coding\SDKs\boost_1_63_0\tools\build\src/kernel\modules.jam:295: in import
E:\Coding\SDKs\boost_1_63_0\tools\build\src/kernel/bootstrap.jam:139: in boost-build
E:\Coding\SDKs\boost_1_63_0\boost-build.jam:17: in module scope
I am not familar with boost so maybe one of you could give me a hint
Based on KindDragons and CPlusPlus OOA and D answers I compiled Boost 1.63. For 64bit. Run "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017" command prompt:
1) Run: bootstrap.bat
2) open project-config.jam
. Here is mine:
import option ;
using msvc : 14.0 : "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.10.25017\bin\HostX64\x64\cl.exe";
option.set keep-going : false ;
The part: 14.10.25017 keep changing with updates to your Windows SDK. So update it accordingly.
3) Run b2 toolset=msvc-14.0 address-model=64
Boost 1.63 doesn't fully support VS2017, but you can trick it to find VC++2017 compiler:
bootstrap.bat
in boost directoryusing msvc : 14.0 : <path to x86 or x64 cl.exe>
. Should be something like "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.10.24911\bin\HostX64\x64\cl.exe"
b2 toolset=msvc-14.0
in that command prompt. For the x64 build, add address-model=64
to the b2 command line.UPDATE: Boost 1.64 should support VS2017
Run "x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017" or "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017" from Start Menu, than inside command prompt run b2
:
32-bit: b2 toolset=msvc-14.1 --build-dir=.x86 --stagedir=stage_x86
64-bit: b2 toolset=msvc-14.1 address-model=64 --build-dir=.x64 --stagedir=stage_x64
Add link=shared
to build shared libraries
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