Which boost version/Asio fully supports Windows XP and how to build that from source?
i want to migrate an old dirty legacy app handling TCP/IP to Boost.Asio because all my other TCP/IP stuff is using Asio and the legacy app getting reworked BUT it still needs to run on old dirty Windows XP - for around 1-2 years (then i can upgrade to more recent compiler/Boost etc.) i know that i had used Boost (i think 1.69) on XP a long time ago and trying to find out what Boost version is the last XP supporting and how i can build boost from source with VS2022 + v141_xp toolkit (if that is even possible - i have no idea) im using boost on daily basis and build for Linux,Windows for over a decade so its just the Windows XP thing that makes mit nervous tried building Boost 1.69 seems to be possible with VS2022 x86 console with v141_xp toolkit installed (not tested with XP so far) boostrap.bat vc141 and i think that is minimal needed for Asio b2 release toolset=msvc-14.1 define=BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION=0x0501 --with-system --with-thread --with-date_time --with-regex --with-serialization stage toolset can be set to anything currently (even msvc-14.1_xp or msv-14.1_blabla) so im not sure what i really need to force using the v141_xp toolkit so what is the latest Boost version that supports XP enough for Asio use and how to build that one properbly? thanks for any help
i want to migrate an old dirty legacy app handling TCP/IP to Boost.Asio because all my other TCP/IP stuff is using Asio and the legacy app getting reworked
BUT it still needs to run on old dirty Windows XP - for around 1-2 years (then i can upgrade to more recent compiler/Boost etc.)
i know that i had used Boost (i think 1.69) on XP a long time ago and trying to find out what Boost version is the last XP supporting and how i can build boost from source with VS2022 + v141_xp toolkit (if
Am Donnerstag, dem 03.04.2025 um 10:03 +0200 schrieb Dennis Luehring via Boost: that
is even possible - i have no idea)
We use 1.82.0 with VS 2019/2022 and Windows XP. AFAIK 1.81.0 is ok without a patch. We use the v141_xp toolkit.
im using boost on daily basis and build for Linux,Windows for over a decade so its just the Windows XP thing that makes mit nervous
tried building Boost 1.69 seems to be possible with VS2022 x86 console with v141_xp toolkit installed (not tested with XP so far)
boostrap.bat vc141
and i think that is minimal needed for Asio
b2 release toolset=msvc-14.1 define=BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION=0x0501 --with-system --with-thread --with-date_time --with-regex --with-serialization stage
toolset can be set to anything currently (even msvc-14.1_xp or msv-14.1_blabla) so im not sure what i really need to force using the v141_xp toolkit
so what is the latest Boost version that supports XP enough for Asio use and how to build that one properbly?
The mentioned patch was to make boost::filesystem and boost::log possible for WinXP. It is mentioned here on github: https://github.com/boostorg/system/issues/113 Also the build script is available there.
Am Thu, 3 Apr 2025 15:09:00 +0200 schrieb Dennis Luehring <dl.soluz@gmx.net>:
Am 03.04.2025 um 14:54 schrieb Georg Gast:
We use 1.82.0 with VS 2019/2022 and Windows XP. AFAIK 1.81.0 is ok without a patch.
We use the v141_xp toolkit.
can you state the exact b2 boostrap command your using and how you build the boost libs explicitly using v141_xp?
This is my full batch file to build 1.81.0 with VS2022 from modular boost.As you can see on the screenshot, it links without issue on WinXP SP3. At least: This works for me....
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