Re: [Boost-build] external library question

From: Hassan Mehmet (hassan_mehmet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-19 11:13:44

Matthias Troyer <troyer <at> phys.ethz.ch> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a question about linking external libraries. For example, for  
> the HDF5 library we need to link two libraries: hdf5_cpp and hdf5.
> 
> Is there a better way then just declaring two library targets as in:
> 
> lib hdf5
>    :
>    : <name>hdf5 <search>/path/lib
>    :
>    : <include>/path/include
>    ;
> 
> lib hdf5cpp
>    :
>    : <name>hdf5_cpp <search>/path/lib <use>hdf5
>    :
>    : <include>/path/include
>    ;

You could specify multiple libraries in a single lib target (per variant)

lib hdf5
     :
     : <toolset>gcc <variant>release
       <file>/path/lib/libhdf5.a
       <file>/path/lib/libhdf5_cpp.a
     :
     : <include>/path/include
     ;

lib hdf5
     :
     : <toolset>gcc <variant>debug
       <file>/path/lib/libhdf5d.a
       <file>/path/lib/libhdf5_cppd.a
     :
     : <include>/path/include
     ;