Re: [jamboost] Linking in advapi32.lib with msvc

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-27 11:06:07

[2002-08-27] Patrick Frants wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I wrote this template:
>
>template q_binary : <lib>advapi32
> : <qmsvc><*><define>WIN32
> <debug><define>_DEBUG
> <debug-store>database
> <threading>multi 
> 
> <exception-handling>on
> <rtti>on
> <*><runtime-link>static
> <qmsvc><*><library-path>"C:/Program 
>Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC98/Lib"
> :
> ;
>
>and... it does not work. I tried a lot of variants, but advapi32.lib never 
>shows up on the command line (bjam -d2) or in the .cmd response file. The 
>library-path feature works ok, but now I want to specify that the target 
>should link with some libraries from this path.

That's because you used a dependency/source declaration for it,
"<lib>advapi32". That syntax is only for libraries that you build yourself.
What you want is to put "<find-library>advapi32" in the requirements
section.

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