Re: [Boost-build] bjam doesn't generate lib file and linking subsequently fails

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-06 05:56:41

Bojan Resnik skrev:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm using bjam to some project outside the boost root.
>>
>> I have created a library by
>>
>>
>> #
>> # Library
>> #
>> lib bayesian :  [ glob ../src/*.cpp ] : <link>shared ;
>>
>> The dll is created just fine, but the stub .lib file is not created when
>> I look in the output directory. Can anyone see what's going on?
>>
>> I'm getting the same result for 1.34 and trunk.
> 
> Do you have any exported symbols in your project? MS linker will not
> generate a lib file if the dll doesn't export any symbols.

This was exactly the problem. Many thanks. I then got a linker error 
with boost.test, but it turns out that boost.test does not support dll's 
on windows.

Thanks

-Thorsten