[boost] [filesystem, config (maybe) ] bug: static link with msvc8 fails

From: Tobias Schwinger (tschwinger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-21 08:07:56

When linking statically against Boost.Filesystem the (msvc) link step fails if 
<boost/filesystem.hpp> was included by one of the source files.

Everything's works if
- compiling with GCC, or
- none of the source files includes boost/filesystem.hpp.

The link settings are

    <threading>multi <link>static <runtime-link>static

Here are the symptoms:

    boost_filesystem-vc80-mt-sd-1_34.lib

is built, but linking fails because

    ... cannot open file 'libboost_filesystem-vc80-mt-sgd-1_34.lib'

. Adding

    <runtime-debugging>off

to the link settings changes error message to

    ... cannot open file 'libboost_filesystem-vc80-mt-s-1_34.lib'

I'm using Boost.Build V2. There is an example project that shows the problem 
attached to this post (note the path to Boost in 'project-root.jam' needs manual 
adjustment).

I hope the report was of any help.

Regards,

Tobias