Re: [boost] building boost (regex) in mingw

Subject: Re: [boost] building boost (regex) in mingw
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-16 04:53:43

Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>> I've also tried
>>
>> bjam --build-dir=./tmp --toolset=gcc stage --with-regex
>>
>> but this does not create .a .so files, but only .lib files that I
>> cannot
>> use with mingw compiler...

Oh yes you can use them :-)

For linking to the dll's, just pass the name of the dll on the linker 
command line, no need for a .a file at all.  For static linking you can 
either pass the linker the full name of the .lib file, or else rename it to 
a .a extension so you can use -lboost_regex to link.

HTH, John.