Re: [Boost-build] Copying required DLLs to main target folder

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-25 04:26:38

On Thursday 18 May 2006 12:15, Bojan Resnik wrote:
>   I am familiar with 'install' rule that can be used to copy targets
> and dependencies into a predefined folder. However, can this be
> modified to copy dependencies into main target's folder? Something
> like:
> --------
>    exe x : x.cpp my_dll ;
>    install -path to created x.exe- : x : <install-dependencies>on
> <install-type>SHARED_LIB ;
> --------
>
>   Can 'install' be made to work with prebuilt DLLs as well? 

It's supposed to work with them.

>   For 
> example, Qt support declares a lib target, which causes the main
> target to link with the appropriate static libraries, but does not
> provide enough information for 'install ' to copy Qt DLL's when
> needed.

The thing is that Qt defines targets as:

   lib qt : : <name>qt-mt ....... ;

which add -lqt-mt to the linker command line, but this does not specify where 
the library is actually located. So, Boost.Build does not know what file to 
copy. 

- Volodya

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Vladimir Prus
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