Re: [boost] Help compiling Boost needed please (more)

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-11 23:50:26

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From: "David LeBlanc" <whisper_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:18 PM
Subject: RE: [boost] Help compiling Boost needed please (more)

> I finally figured it out, but it wasn't because of anything helpful
about
> the boost build page! There are too many piddly little details that
are
> missing from that page, especially (but I suspect, not limited to)
building
> on Windows with VCC.

Many of the piddly details are at
http://www.boost.org/tools/build/build_system.htm

> My only two questions left are:
> 1. How do you harvest the libs and dll's buried in the convoluted
buld/bin
> directories?

You either build your extensions using Boost.Build, or you go in and
grab them by hand.

> 2. How do you build a release version?

You set BUILD=release, details at: