[boost] Re: Re: Linking against Boost

From: Dave (better_cs_now_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-24 10:21:48

"Stuart Dootson" <stuart.dootson_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:8b56cad40501240607385a55b9_at_mail.gmail.com...
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:43:02 -0700, Dave <better_cs_now_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> < snipped >
> >
> > Well, the difficulty lies in the fact that the libs are spread over
> > different directories.  It may be that I simply have to add a directory
for
> > each lib...
> >
>
> Dave - how did you build the libs? I find that if you use
>
>    bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-7_1" stage
>
> or
>
>    bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-7_1" install
>
> then the libraries are gathered into a single directory.
>
> The way I incorporate Boost into VC7.1 projects is to use the Visual
> Studio add-in @
> http://www.workspacewhiz.com/OtherAddins.html#SolutionBuildEnvironment
> to let me define per-solution environment variables, then use those to
> specify extra include directories and library directories in the
> project properties.
>
> This allows machine independence (for example, if I work on something
> at home and at work, where my library paths are different) and also
> allows me to use different versions of libraries (not just Boost -
> things like libxml2 or libxslt as well) in different solutions.
>
> Stuart Dootson
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OK, I'll try rebuilding with the command line you offer tonight.  Per the
"getting started" section of boost.org, I used the following command line:

bjam "-sVC71_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7"

Having them all in one directory is just what I want...

Thanks,
Dave