Restore Appveyor CI tests (#16)

.appveyor.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ init:
 # From this point and below code is same for all the Boost libs
 ###############################################################################################################
 
-version: 1.70.{build}-{branch}
+version: 1.87.{build}-{branch}
 
 # branches to build
 branches:
@@ -26,14 +26,16 @@ branches:
 
 environment:
   matrix:
-    - TOOLSET_PATH: C:\Qt\5.10\mingw53_32\bin;C:\mingw-w64\i686-6.3.0-posix-dwarf-rt_v5-rev1\mingw32\bin
-      BOOST_FLAGS: toolset=gcc --layout=system variant=release address-model=32
-      BUILD_COMMAND: mingw32-make -j2
-
-    - TOOLSET_PATH: C:\Qt\5.10\msvc2015_64\bin
-      BOOST_FLAGS: toolset=msvc #address-model=64
+    - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2022
+      TOOLSET_PATH: C:\Qt\6.8\msvc2022_64\bin
+      BOOST_FLAGS: toolset=msvc address-model=64
       BUILD_COMMAND: nmake /NOLOGO
 
+    #- APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2022
+    #  TOOLSET_PATH: C:\Qt\6.8\mingw_64\bin
+    #  BOOST_FLAGS: toolset=gcc --layout=system variant=release address-model=64
+    #  BUILD_COMMAND: mingw32-make -j2
+
 skip_tags: true
 
 before_build:
@@ -51,15 +53,12 @@ before_build:
     - git remote set-branches --add origin %BRANCH_TO_TEST%
     #- git pull --recurse-submodules        # Updaes submodules to most recent version. Not required
 
-
-build_script:
-    - call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x64
+    - call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
     # Packages from nuget.
-    - nuget install libpng -ExcludeVersion -NonInteractive
-    - dir zlib.v140.windesktop.msvcstl.dyn.rt-dyn
-    - dir zlib.v140.windesktop.msvcstl.dyn.rt-dyn\build
-    - dir zlib.v140.windesktop.msvcstl.dyn.rt-dyn\build\native
-    - dir zlib.v140.windesktop.msvcstl.dyn.rt-dyn\build\native\include
+    - nuget install libpng-v142 -ExcludeVersion -NonInteractive
+    - nuget install zlib_static -ExcludeVersion -NonInteractive
+
+build_script: 
     # Building Boost.
     - bootstrap.bat
     - b2.exe headers

Chapter05/06_thread_specific_ptr/main.cpp

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ connection& get_connection();
 // In source file:
 #include <boost/thread/tss.hpp>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <cstddef>
+
 boost::thread_specific_ptr<connection> connection_ptr;
 
 connection& get_connection() {

Chapter12/07_gil/07_gil.pro

@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ SOURCES += main.cpp
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += $$CPP14FLAG
 
 
-# Those paths are used by CI scripts of the book. You shall not find those libraries by that path in default Boost archive.
+# Those paths are used by CI scripts of the book. You may not find those libraries by that path in default Boost archive.
 # Just install libpng into your system and add correct include paths to the build script.
 INCLUDEPATH += $$BOOST_PATH/libpng/build/native/include
+INCLUDEPATH += $$BOOST_PATH/libpng-v142/build/native/include
 INCLUDEPATH += $$BOOST_PATH/zlib/build/native/include
 INCLUDEPATH += $$BOOST_PATH/zlib.v140.windesktop.msvcstl.dyn.rt-dyn/build/native/include
+INCLUDEPATH += $$BOOST_PATH/zlib_static/build/native/include
 msvc {
     QMAKE_LFLAGS += /LIBPATH:$$BOOST_PATH/libpng/build/native/lib/x64/v140/dynamic/Release/
+    QMAKE_LFLAGS += /LIBPATH:$$BOOST_PATH/libpng-v142/build/native/lib/x64/v142/Release/
+    QMAKE_LFLAGS += /LIBPATH:$$BOOST_PATH/zlib_static/build/native/lib/Win32/v142/Release/MultiThreaded
     LIBS += -llibpng16
 } else {
     unix {

test.py

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def safe_wait(task, timeout = 15.0):
             task.kill()
             print('!!! Test timeout !!!')
             a, b = task.communicate()
-            return '!!! Test timeout !!!:' + a, '!!! Test timeout !!!:' + b
+            return '!!! Test timeout !!!:' + a.decode("utf-8"), '!!! Test timeout !!!:' + b.decode("utf-8")
         return task.communicate()
 
     @staticmethod