Re: [Boost-build] Creating MSVC .pdb files for static libraries

From: Gary Kratkin (gary_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-31 13:01:50

"Johan Nilsson" <r.johan.nilsson_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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> "Gary Kratkin" <gary_at_[hidden]> skrev i meddelandet 
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>> [I posted a similar message on boost.users without reply]
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>> I'm a bjam neophyte trying to generate .pdb files for the static library
>> targets of a complete boost build. My idea was to pass -Fd in the 
>> relevant
>> actions blocks, something like this:
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> Did you try something like:
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> bjam debug-symbols=on debug-store=database
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> / Johan

Thanks Johan,

debug-store=database worked, where <debug-store>database didn't. That's an 
improvement.

The problem remains that for static libs, /Fd isn't specified on the compile 
command. The result is a vc90.pdb placed in the directory from which the 
build command is executed. For DLL targets, when /DEBUG is specified the 
linker's default behavior is to create a PDB in the output directory as 
dll-base-name.pdb. For LIB targets the linker does no such thing, so it's 
necessary to create the PDB from the compiler with the correct name. My 
problem is figuring out the base name of the LIB target within the 
actions-compile blocks.

Gary