[boost] Re: Auto-linking and getting started docs.

From: Russell Hind (rh_gmane_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-03 10:42:51

Beman Dawes wrote:
> 
> The section you added is informative, but it doesn't directly address 
> the OP's actual problem:
> 
>  > boost-thread correctly looks for
>  >boost_thread-bcb-mt-d-1_32.lib, but date_time, filesystem and regex all
>  >look for
>  >
>  >  libboost_XXXXXX-bcb-mt-d-1_32.lib, not
>  >  boost_XXXXXX-bcb-mt-d-1_32.lib
> 
> Isn't this still a problem?
> 

John's reply to my original post is correct.  By default all libraries 
should use static linking as filesystem did.  boost-thread is different 
as the static lib doesn't work on well on win32 so it always tries to 
use the dll version.

I got confused because: I had to use dynamic RTL because I use boost 
thread.  I thought this meant I had to link against all boost libraries 
as dlls, but this isn't the case.  I can still link against other boost 
libraries as static libs, providing they are built to use the dynamic 
rtl (no -s in the file name which indicates use of static rtl).  So 
everything is working as expected.

To link against DLLs, I have to define BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK.

The only issue I can see at the moment is that serialization doesn't do 
auto-linking but Robert as said he doesn't want to play with this before 
the 1.32.0 release.

Thanks

Russell