Linking with external libs

From: Paul Hamilton (paul_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-19 09:50:33

How do I link pre-built libraries that are external to my build system 
(no jam file, no rule for them), and also not available with 
<find-libraries>?

I tried to set the 'LINKLIBS" variable just before my exe rule like 
this:

LINKLIBS = /sw/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a ;

But this doesn't work (even though the Jam reference said it would).

How is this done?

Paul.
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