Re: [jamboost] Fun with dynamic linking on AIX

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-05 18:12:39

From: "Rene Rivera" <grafik666_at_[hidden]>

> I think there's an obvious way out... What I think you're after is a way
of
> changing the currently hardwired name of the library depending on the
build
> your doing. That's what having toolset and/or variant selectable
> requirements where designed for ;-) Here's the suggestion, add a define
that
> specifies the name of the target library file to the requirements of "dll
> boot_python", like so:
>
> <release><define>BOOST_PYTHON_NAME=\\\"libboost_python.so\\\\"
> <debug><define>BOOST_PYTHON_NAME=\\\"libboost_python_debug.so\\\\"
>
<python-debug><define>BOOST_PYTHON_NAME=\\\"libboost_python_pydebug.so\\\\"
>
> And then in your code use the BOOST_PYTHON_NAME instead of the literal
> string.
>
> The only problem with this is that then using the boos_python target from
> other places, like the test targets, will set the name incorrectly
because
> in those circumstances it needs the direct name ("libboost_python.so").

Right. And that's no good either. The tests need to work, of course ;-)

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