[Boost-build] Setting library link order (mingw)

From: Xavier Benech (xavier_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-17 06:36:47

Hi,

I have some trouble to tell BBv2 the right link order to link against
external libraries. What I want to do is to compile an SDL program using
MinGW and BoostBuild.

I just started with a simple Jamfile looking like this:

exe testSDL:
 testSDL.cpp
 :
 <library>/mingw32//mingw32
 <library>/sdl//SDL
 <library>/sdl//SDLmain
 ;

where mingw32, SDL, and SDLmain are defined as toolset with the right
include and lib path.

My trouble is that BB always output the following linking directive
whatever I tried:

gcc -o testSDL testSDL.o -lSDL -lSDLmain -lmingw32

Which fails with an unresolved external. What I need is to get this:

gcc -o testSDL testSDL.o -lmingw32 -lSDL -lSDLmain

Which succed if I launch directly from the command line.

So, my question is: How to tell BB to link against the libraries in the
order I need??

Thanks,
Xavier.