Re: jam question

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-11-01 18:11:34

--- In boost_at_y..., Jeremy Siek <jsiek_at_c...> wrote:
> 
> How do you tell jam to link in a library, where the library
> is from a 3rd party (and can be found in my LD_LIBRARY_PATH).
> 
> (i.e., what's the equivalent of the compiler command line
> -l and -L options)

I asked the same question of Dave and this was his response:

>You can use either the <library-path>path (-Lpath) and <find-
library>xxx
>(-lxxx) OR the <library-file>path/libxxx.a (path/libxxx) features
>
><lib>xxx is just for dependency targets which can be built by the 
system.
>Let me know if you need details.

However, from a message I read earlier today I'm not sure that this 
works correctly just yet.  I gathered that you needed to provide full 
or relative paths... that standard techniques for finding them such 
as LD_LIBRARY_PATH don't work.

Bill Kempf