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

From: Tomas Puverle (Tomas.Puverle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-19 15:19:13

> So, it's fine for you to link dynamically to the runtiume libs, but
it's
> required to link statically some other libs?

Yes.  It's because you don't have a choice with the runtime libs.

> Are those other libs built by Boost.Build, or are pre-installed?

Built by other means, some by other makefile.  An example would be a the
boost libraries and some other internal libraries maintained by another
group.

> If pre-installed, we'd need to use the -Bstatic solution, but in any
case,
> we
> should not pass -static to the linker if it never works.

Definitely.  The -static solution shouldn't be used.  I was just saying
that banning static libs altogether may be a little limiting.

Thanks.