Re: [boost] Interface for configuring third-party dependencies

Subject: Re: [boost] Interface for configuring third-party dependencies
From: Domagoj Saric (dsaritz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-17 19:01:52

From: "Rene Rivera" <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 8:42 PM
> Where would support for configuring the "variation" (i.e. what settings to 
> use when the library/ies are used) fit in the above? Or is the above only 
> for pre-built libraries?

Besides specifying the obvious things like location, version and build
options of a 3rd party library there is also the issue of choosing a linking
(and sometimes even initialisation) 'policy' (see the 'pps' at the very end 
of this post http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/209408 
for an example)...
I wonder how much, if any, of this process could be reasonably automated 
through a build tool (bjam or otherwise)...The most difficult scenario would 
of course be delay loaded dynamic linking (where code for performing the 
equivalent of GetProcAdress() has to be generated for every used 3rd-party 
library function)...?

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