Re: [jamboost] Re: Getting started with Boost Build and Linking to Boost libraries

From: Bojan Resnik (resnikb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-22 12:15:20

> > Unfortunately, the second library used several boost libraries and
> > the test harness used the boost unit test framework. (I say
> > unfortunately only because I have not been able to get it to link, we
> > love the boost libraries we are using). I added the include path in
> > the project root's Jamfile and it compiles but I get a link error
> > because the boost unit test framework does not automatically link. I
> > apologize if this is a dumb question but I cannot figure out how to
> > add a library to the link command. There is an example in the
> > documentation but for some reason I find it confusing and it doesn't
> > make clear how it handles a library whose name depends on the compile
> > time flags (i.e. libboost_unit_test_framework-vc71-mt-gd-1_33.lib).
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
>
> It would help if you would post your Jamfiles and the error message
> you're seeing.

[ Sorry for replying to your message, but I did not receive the OP's message ]

I had the same problem, and solved it by explicitly adding Boost.Test
to my project's dependencies:

exe my-test : test.cpp
$(BOOST_ROOT)/libs/test/build//boost_unit_test_framework ;

This has the added bonus that you don't have to worry about the naming
of the test library.

On a side note, including boost test (or any of the boost libraries)
like this, causes a longer pause before bjam starts constructing. It
seems that recursive globbing through subdirectories done in
boost/Jamfile.v2 is taking quite some time. I altered boost's Jamfile
to skip globbing if "--nothing" is specified as command-line
parameter, but that seems like a brute thing to do :) Is there a more
"gentle" way?

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Bojan Resnik