[Boost-build] How to declare Boost libraries that do auto-linking

Subject: [Boost-build] How to declare Boost libraries that do auto-linking
From: Ian Emmons (iemmons_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-13 11:38:46

I am struggling to declare Boost libraries in my site-config.jam file  
for Windows.  I would like to use the auto-linking feature to avoid  
specifying the library name, something like this:

searched-lib BoostProgramOptions
        :	# no sources
        :	<toolset>msvc
                <address-model>64:<search>$(BoostDir)/msvc-64/stage/lib
                <address-model>32:<search>$(BoostDir)/msvc-32/stage/lib
        :	# no default build
        :	<include>$(BoostDir)
                <link>shared:<define>BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_DYN_LINK
        ;

This does not work, because the searched-lib target generates a  
default value for the name feature ("BoostProgramOptions.lib") that  
does not exist.  What is the proper way to do this?

Thanks in advance,

Ian