title: How do I build Boost 1.55 with Visual Studio 2013 CTP November 2013
body: <p>I'm aware that the new toolset is not supported by boost yet but I'd like to try to build Boost with it anyways. I've naively tried using the Boost build system and the option <code>toolset=msvc-12.0-ctp</code> but it doesn't work. I'm confident that it is possible since Boost 1.55 officially supports Visual Studio 2013 (msvc-12.0) and there have only been few breaking changes between the two releases.</p>
  
  <p>My motivation is that I need some features of the CTP so my own application will be compiled with the CTP version of the msvc compiler. I'm afraid that simply compiling Boost with the original 2013 compiler will cause binary incompatibilities between Boost and my own application. <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/C9-Lectures-Stephan-T-Lavavej-Core-C-/Core-Cpp-10" rel="nofollow">Stephen T. Lavavej himself doesn't guarantee binary compatibility</a>:</p>
  
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    <p>-- any chance of reusing Boost Binaries built for MSVC 2013 in MSVC Nov 2013 CTP</p>
    
    <p>Because this is compiler-only, you can probably get away with mixing-and-matching. I wouldn't recommend it, though.</p>
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  <p>Any thoughts on how to solve this? Thanks in advance.</p>