[boost] Re: [thread] Why is there a restriction for the runtimelibraries?

From: Stefan Slapeta (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-06 15:48:15

Michael Glassford wrote:
> 
> Perhaps I missed something, but did you determine why it isn't being 
> built? 

Yes, this was the reason for my original posting. If there are no 
objections, I'll commit these changes. I'm sure the restrictions below 
just exist for historical reasons (I can't explain either why e.g. a 
static boost.thread library shouldn't use a dynamic rt).

diff -u -r1.34 Jamfile
--- Jamfile	19 Aug 2004 19:27:15 -0000	1.34
+++ Jamfile	6 Dec 2004 20:43:47 -0000
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
          : ## requirements ##
            <sysinclude>$(BOOST_ROOT) #:should be unnecessary (because 
already included in thread_base)
            <define>BOOST_THREAD_BUILD_LIB=1
-          <runtime-link>static
            # the common names rule ensures that the library will
            # be named according to the rules used by the install
            # and auto-link features:
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@
          : ## requirements ##
            <sysinclude>$(BOOST_ROOT) #:should be unnecessary (because 
already included in thread_base)
            <define>BOOST_THREAD_BUILD_DLL=1
-          <runtime-link>dynamic
            # the common names rule ensures that the library will
            # be named according to the rules used by the install
            # and auto-link features: