[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3425: ICU_LINK doesn't work

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3425: ICU_LINK doesn't work
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-08 12:24:27

#3425: ICU_LINK doesn't work
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 Reporter:  andysem       |       Owner:  johnmaddock
     Type:  Bugs          |      Status:  new        
Milestone:  Boost 1.41.0  |   Component:  regex      
  Version:  Boost 1.40.0  |    Severity:  Problem    
 Keywords:  icu           |  
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 I'm trying to compile Boost.Regex with ICU 3.4 and MSVC 7.1. The ICU
 library in my case has a nonstandard directory layout like this:

 {{{
   icu
    |
    |->include
    |   |
    |   |->layout
    |   |->unicode
    |
    |->win32
        |
        |->lib
 }}}

 So the library binaries are in icu/win32/lib instead of the standard
 icu/lib. I tried to use ICU_LINK environment variable, like bjam suggests
 (note, I use Cygwin to build the library):

 {{{
 export HAVE_ICU=1
 export ICU_PATH="$PATH_TO_ICU/icu"
 export ICU_LINK="/LIBPATH:$PATH_TO_ICU/icu/win32/lib icuuc.lib icuin.lib
 icudt.lib"
 }}}

 However, it seems this variable has no effect, the parameters in ICU_LINK
 are not seen in the linker command line.

 What I eventually came up with was to explicitly specify $ICU_LINK in
 linkflags for bjam when building Boost.Regex.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3425>
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