Re: [boost] Re: Boost Threads Link Problem

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-28 04:59:47

Rene Rivera wrote:

> Michael Glassford wrote:
> 
>> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Has all the Boost.Threads problems been solved yet? I
>>> am still having link problems with Threads on intel-win32-7.1
>>> -vc6 (w/ or w/out stlport- 4.5.3):
>>>
>>>     http://tinyurl.com/5c2dg
>>>
>>> Any clues?
> 
> 
>> I believe I remember that auto-link should be turned off for 
>> regression tests by defining BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB (as it is for 
>> Boost.Threads, apparently), though I don't remember why it should be 
>> or where the library name comes from in that case. Anyone?
> 
> 
> Yes you remember correctly. The reasons are rather simple: if one 
> directly refers to another library in the test, with <dll>* or <lib>*, 
> then the library is linked to directly and hence there is no need for 
> auto-linking. And auto-linking in that case would be redundant, and may 
> even cause errors and warnings from the linker. But the reason one 
> *must* refer to other libraries directly for tests is that auto-linking 
> is not available on all platforms. Hence since they are mutually 
> exclusive and tests need to be cross-platform auto-linking needs to be 
> disabled for regression testing.
> 
> For the Spirit tests there are two ways to add the correct define:
> 
[...]
> 
> The first one has the benefit that the extra define is *only* added when 
> the thread library is used.

Thanks! I applied the first simpler patch. I hope to see everything
green tomorrow. Fingers crossed...

Cheers,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
http://www.boost-consulting.com
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