Re: [jamboost] stage rule on windows problem

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-23 06:27:10

Hi Toon,

> I'm trying to build my project on windows currently, it already works on
> multiple unix machines. I reported a problem earlier on windows and
> again I stumble on soth. which works fine on unix. I attached a
> super-small project called bar and I just do a bjam of bar. This gives
> me following error:
>
> ...found 16 targets...
> ...updating 2 targets...
> msvc.link.dll bin\msvc\debug\libbar.dll bin\msvc\debug\libbar.lib
> bin\msvc\debug\libbar.rsp
> common.copy C:\bjam_test\dynamic\libbar.lib
> The system cannot find the file specified.
>
> copy "bin\msvc\debug\libbar.lib" "C:\bjam_test\dynamic\libbar.lib"

Sure, your bar.cpp is empty, so DLL exports no symbols, so msvc linker 
helpfully produced no .lib file at all.

Is this "no exports" situation true for your real project?

- Volodya