Test more recent compiler and boost versions

Author: mat007

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -42,17 +42,16 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           # Linux, gcc
-          - { compiler: gcc-5, cxxstd: '14',       boostBranch: boost-1.65.0, os: ubuntu-22.04, container: 'ubuntu:18.04' }
-          - { compiler: gcc-5, cxxstd: '14',       boostBranch: boost-1.77.0, os: ubuntu-22.04, container: 'ubuntu:18.04' }
-          - { compiler: gcc-12,cxxstd: '14,17,20', boostBranch: master,       os: ubuntu-22.04 }
-          
+          - { compiler: gcc-7, cxxstd: '14,17,20', boostBranch: boost-1.86.0, os: ubuntu-20.04 }
+          - { compiler: gcc-14, cxxstd: '14,17,20', boostBranch: boost-1.86.0, os: ubuntu-24.04 }
+          - { compiler: gcc-14, cxxstd: '14,17,20', boostBranch: master, os: ubuntu-24.04 }
+
           # Linux, clang
-          - { compiler: clang-5.0, cxxstd: '14',       boostBranch: boost-1.65.0, os: ubuntu-22.04, container: 'ubuntu:18.04' }
-          - { compiler: clang-5.0, cxxstd: '14',       boostBranch: boost-1.77.0, os: ubuntu-22.04, container: 'ubuntu:18.04' }
-          - { compiler: clang-14,  cxxstd: '14,17,20', boostBranch: master,       os: ubuntu-22.04 }
+          - { compiler: clang-14,  cxxstd: '14,17,20', boostBranch: boost-1.86.0, os: ubuntu-24.04 }
+          - { compiler: clang-18,  cxxstd: '14,17,20', boostBranch: boost-1.86.0, os: ubuntu-24.04 }
+          - { compiler: clang-18,  cxxstd: '14,17,20', boostBranch: master, os: ubuntu-24.04 }
 
-          - { name: Collect coverage, coverage: yes,
-              compiler: gcc-8,     cxxstd: '14',       boostBranch: master,       os: ubuntu-20.04 }
+          - { name: Collect coverage, coverage: yes, compiler: gcc-8, cxxstd: '14', boostBranch: boost-1.86.0, os: ubuntu-20.04 }
 
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}
@@ -127,11 +126,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Boost build
         run: |
-          if [[ "${{matrix.boostBranch}}" == "master" ]]; then
-            B2_FLAGS="cxxstd=${{matrix.cxxstd}}"
-          else
-            B2_FLAGS="cxxflags=-std=c++${{matrix.cxxstd}}"
-          fi
+          B2_FLAGS="cxxstd=${{matrix.cxxstd}}"
           if [[ "${{matrix.coverage}}" == "yes" ]]; then
             B2_FLAGS="$B2_FLAGS cxxflags=--coverage linkflags=--coverage"
           fi