Patching Boost 1.55 for Visual Studio 2015

Making Boost 1.55 compile with Visual Studio 2015

Download the patch and apply it with patch -p0 < boost-155-patch5.patch.

If during Boost compilation you receive "Unknown compiler version - please run the configure tests and report the results" errors, modify these lines:

+// last known and checked version is 19.00.24213 (VC15 update 3):
+#if (_MSC_VER > 1800 && _MSC_FULL_VER > 190024213)

with the version number of your Visual Studio 2015 install. This can be determined by opening a Native Tools command window and typing "cl" (without parenthesis)

Content of the patch:

--- boost/config/auto_link.hpp	2013-09-17 18:55:51.000000000 +0200
+++ boost/config/auto_link.hpp	2016-09-25 17:34:00.468448300 +0200
@@ -156,11 +156,16 @@
      // vc11:
 #    define BOOST_LIB_TOOLSET "vc110"
 
-#  elif defined(BOOST_MSVC)
+#  elif defined(BOOST_MSVC) && (BOOST_MSVC < 1900)
 
      // vc12:
 #    define BOOST_LIB_TOOLSET "vc120"
 
+#  elif defined(BOOST_MSVC)
+
+     // vc14:
+#    define BOOST_LIB_TOOLSET "vc140"
+
 #  elif defined(__BORLANDC__)
 
      // CBuilder 6:
--- boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp	2013-10-25 23:57:04.000000000 +0200
+++ boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp	2016-09-25 00:46:31.468821100 +0200
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@
 #endif
 
 //
-// last known and checked version is 18.00.20827.3 (VC12 RC, aka 2013 RC):
-#if (_MSC_VER > 1800 && _MSC_FULL_VER > 180020827)
+// last known and checked version is 19.00.24213 (VC15 update 3):
+#if (_MSC_VER > 1800 && _MSC_FULL_VER > 190024213)
 #  if defined(BOOST_ASSERT_CONFIG)
 #     error "Unknown compiler version - please run the configure tests and report the results"
 #  else