Re: [boost] [uuid] PR to remove auto-linking to advapi32 when BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB is defined

Subject: Re: [boost] [uuid] PR to remove auto-linking to advapi32 when BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB is defined
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-09-15 12:25:40

AMDG

On 09/15/2016 10:04 AM, Edward Diener wrote:
> I don't know how to resolve a PR for uuid (
> https://github.com/boostorg/uuid/pull/11 ). If a library exists only as
> a DLL and not as a static library should BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB still be
> considered in effect ?
> 
> My viewpoint is 'no' but the person who created the PR believes that the
> BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB config macro should turn off any #pragma auto-linking
> in code even when their is no other way to use a library other than as a
> shared library.
> 
> What I am afraid of is breaking user code even if BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB is
> defined by producing link errors. But perhaps I am wrong and this should
> be considered justified when BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB is being used.
> 

  The real question is whether BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
disables all auto-linking (including system libraries)
or only auto-linking for Boost libraries.  I've always
assumed the latter.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe