Re: [Boost-build] Solaris 10 and <runtime-link>static

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-16 05:20:51

On Friday 16 June 2006 02:28, Caleb Epstein wrote:
> On 6/15/06, Sohail Somani <s.somani_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > In general, hasn't Solaris deprecated static libraries in that it tells
> > you not to use them?
>
> Yes precisely.  Basically, I think what I'm asking for is that
> <runtime-link>static on Solaris 10 be a no-op.

Hi Caleb,
the code that controls this is:

  flags sun.link LINK-RUNTIME <runtime-link>static : static ;

in sun.jam. If you have a reliable way to detect that it's Solaris 10, you can 
wrap the line in conditional.

Otherwise, we might need to disable <runtime-link>static unconditionally. I'm 
not so comfortable about silently ignoring an option -- after all it's 
typically specified specifically to get static binary, and if we can't we 
better warn the user. But I've no time for fully generic solution ;-)

- Volodya

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