Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7045: Thread library does not automatically compile date_time

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7045: Thread library does not automatically compile date_time
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-08-17 14:57:12

#7045: Thread library does not automatically compile date_time
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  Reporter:  anonymous         |       Owner:  viboes  
      Type:  Bugs              |      Status:  reopened
 Milestone:  To Be Determined  |   Component:  thread  
   Version:  Boost 1.50.0      |    Severity:  Problem 
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:          
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Comment (by zhnmju123@…):

 {{{
 Do you have any suggestion on how to make it work?
 }}}
 I had hoped you would know :) I guess its simply realized via the
 {{{
 #pragma comment(lib, "libboost_system-vc110-mt-s-1_50.lib")
 }}}
  technique. And in the thread lib this entry is missing in the
 implementation file.

 Boost calls this feature "automatic library selection" and it's a huge
 boon that simplifies visual studio projects:
 [http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/libs/config/doc/html/boost_config/boost_macro_reference.html#boost_config.boost_macro_reference.macros_for_libraries_with_separate_source_code.automatic_library_selection]

 I don't know how the boost package creation process is defined. Maybe you
 have a component or person responsible for packaging? In this case this
 ticket should be redirected to him.

 The same person might want to also have a look at
 {{{
 bjam toolset=gcc --build-type=complete --with-thread
 }}}
 and make sure whenever the thread library is requested, the chrono library
 is implicitly selected, too, which is required anyway. But his is only a
 nice-to-have.

 Boost "automatic library selection" on the other hand is mandatory for my
 projects:
 I am only compiling boost thread and chrono, for two compilers, visual
 studio 10 and 11 and for two architectures, x86 and x64 and have over a
 *hundred* different library files. You do not want to make me update these
 dependencies in my project file manually, let alone apply all the version
 increments after each boost release.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7045#comment:27>
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