Re: [boost] [wave] No dynamic lib?

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-11 19:30:59

Neal Becker wrote:

> >> I notice that 1.33.0-rc2 doesn't build dynamic libs for wave.
> >>  Is this intentional?
> >
> > Yes. The only reason was lack of time to implement it. But
> it's on my
> > TODO list.
> >
> > Regards Hartmut
> >
>
> Thanks.  Just to clarify, does this mean
> 1) It is known that wave dll will not work on any platform?
> 2) It is known that wave dll will not work on some platforms?

It is not known whether wave dll will work on any platform :-P

> I ask because there are other cases where dll building was
> disabled because of 2), but on platforms using gnu tools the
> dll was fine.  I did test building libwave as dll, and linked
> the test program, and ran at least one test without problems.
>
> If there a known issue with this?  I'm tempted to go ahead
> and enable shared libs for Redhat/Fedora build otherwise.

I would very much appreciate if you could test that on your platform and
contribute your changes to the Jamfiles etc.

Regards Hartmut