Re: [jamboost] Re: Re: Re: every static library built twice ?

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-20 18:09:06

Bronek Kozicki wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 15:27:25 -0600, Rene Rivera wrote:
> [...]
> Many thanks for full explanation!
> 
> 
>>No. It only builds one version for each target, that links against the dynamic 
>>C++ runtime.
> 
> 
> Does it mean that all (or some ?) boost libraries are built with 2
> targets (static library and dynamic library) ? 

Most are built with 2 targets.

>And of course it doesn't
> make sense to build dynamic library linked statically to runtime. 

That one is up for discussion as you saw from John's, Dave's, and my posts. 
Dave and I hold that it does make sense under some small set of circumstances.

>>	* debug, runtime-link-static, threading-single (base)
> 
> 
> Hm, if I call bjam -sTOOLS=mingw -sBUILD="release debug", I get this:
> 
> boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\boost_date_time-mgw-d-1_31.lib
> boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\boost_date_time-mgw-d-1_31.dll
> boost_date_time.dll\mingw\release\boost_date_time-mgw-1_31.lib
> boost_date_time.dll\mingw\release\boost_date_time-mgw-1_31.dll
> libboost_date_time.lib\mingw\debug\libboost_date_time-mgw-d-1_31.lib
> libboost_date_time.lib\mingw\release\libboost_date_time-mgw-1_31.lib
> 
> which would mean that base is runtime-link-dynamic ? 

Oops, you are correct... my mistake there :-)

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