[Boost-build] How to specify linking against external libraries

From: Thomas Klimpel (thomas.klimpel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-18 19:15:44

I'm trying to convert the following section from a boost.build v1 Jamfile

BLAS_PATH ?= /usr/lib ;
BLAS_LIB  ?= blas g2c ;

exe blas1
        : blas1.cpp
        :  <include>$(BOOST_ROOT)
           <include>$(BOOST)
           <library-path>$(BLAS_PATH)
           <find-library>$(BLAS_LIB)
        ;

to a boost.build v2 Jamfile.v2. The only solution I could come up with was using <linkflags>, but the documentation gave me the impression that <linkflags> is only intended for exceptional situations. Now linking against an external library doesn't seem that exceptional to me.

BLAS_PATH ?= -L/usr/lib ;
BLAS_LIB  ?= -lblas -lg2c ;

exe blas1
        : blas1.cpp
        :  <include>$(BOOST_ROOT)
           <include>$(BOOST)
           <linkflags>$(BLAS_PATH)
           <linkflags>$(BLAS_LIB)
        ;

Is this solution "correct", or is there a better/simpler solution?

Regards,
Thomas
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