[boost] Re: serialization - build shared libs

From: Neal D. Becker (ndbecker2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-07 06:35:11

martin.ecker_at_[hidden] wrote:

> Neal Becker wrote:
>> Building with bjam -sTOOLS=gcc stage, builds only archive (.a) versions
> of
>> serialization libs.  I need shared (.so).  What needs to be done?
> 
> The current source code base of boost::serialization does not build as
> shared library/DLL. A number of changes to the source are necessary to
> get proper shared library builds (especially regarding the type
> registration mechanism). I've been working with Robert to make these
> changes, but currently they have not yet been added to CVS, but I
> believe Robert is working on it.
> 

Is this perhaps a MS-windows specific problem?  I did build a shared lib
(using scons, I haven't learned jam yet), and AFAICT it is working, on
Linux.