"Michael Fink" <michael.fink@asamnet.de> writes:

Hello,

I'm currently trying to port Boost for the Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 (evc4) compiler that targets PocketPC 2003 and other devices based on Windows CE 4.2. The compiler's frontend (parser, etc.) is based on Visual C++ 6.0, with little to no changes. As Boost (at present) supports this compiler, porting should be rather easy (or so I thought). For Standard C++ library support I use STLport 5, since evc4 doesn't have a working one.

Before putting more work into porting, I have some questions: Is it desirable to port Boost for this platform?

I think so.

I read that at some version support for vc6 will be dropped. If possible, I would like to have at least some version of Boost that works with evc4. Where can I get help with more complex error messages that appear during porting?

The best thing you can do is post here, with the name of the library in the subject line.

What I've done so far: I created a custom evc4-stlport-tools.jam file in boost\tools\build\v1 so that I can build different libraries. It's more of a hack-together than a cleanly integrated build file.

We're switching to Boost.Build version 2 for the upcoming release; you could probably get the existing v2 msvc toolset to work for you.

I changed some Boost.Config files to support evc4 compiler.

Post your patches, please (with [config] in the subject line).

I fixed all issues for evc4 in libs\thread\src\* so that the Boost.Thread library compiles without warnings and errors.

Ditto, with [thread] ... Patches can also go to the SourceForge tracker, if you prefer. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com