[Boost-users] Re: Regex linker problem with VC7.1

From: Keith MacDonald (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-14 12:54:57

Sorry, please ignore.  I see that this is the same problem as that reported
by Jeff Flinn.  The names matched after rebuilding with bjam
"-sTOOLS=vc7.1".

Keith MacDonald

"Keith MacDonald" <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:c0lhai$2lv$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> I built boost 1.31.0 using bjam "-sTOOLS=VC7.1", and the static library
> names that are generated for regex do not match those generated by its
> header files.  For example, one actual library name is:
>
>   libboost_regex-VC7.1-mt-gd-1_31.lib
>
> Whereas, because of the "#pragma comment(lib, ..." stuff, the linker
> expects:
>
>   libboost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_31.lib
>
> There's no header macro to disable automatic linking, so renaming the
> library is the easiest workaround.
>
> Keith MacDonald