Re: [boost] library build confusion

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-15 10:44:01

[2002-10-15] David Abrahams wrote:

>nbecker_at_[hidden] (Neal D. Becker) writes:
>
>> I just grabbed boost_1_29_0 and built the libs using:
>> 
>> PYTHON_ROOT=/usr bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc"
>> 
>> On Linux RedHat8.0.
>> 
>> It succeeded, but there is some confusion.  First, the various library
>> builds are inconsistent with each other.
>> 
>> python builds shared libs, both debug and regular.
>> 
>> Under
>> 
>libs/python/build/bin/libboost_python.so/gcc/debug/runtime-link-dynamic/shared-linkable-true/:
>> 
>> 
>> libboost_python_debug.so.1.29.0
>> libboost_python.so.1.29.0
>
>
>Really? these should be staged in libs/python/build/bin-stage.  I'm
>particularly surprised about the latter showing up in the path you
>describe.

This is actually correct. The "libboost_python_debug.so.1.29.0" is the
relinked version for staging. That was the only way to get the stage to
correctly link the names. And that's the one it copies to the stage.

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