Re: [Boost-build] Building Shared Library

From: Jared Riley (jkriley_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-01 14:40:57

I want my end product to be a shared library.  The intermediate results 
for each directory should be a static library.

It seems like the way to do it by hand would be using the 
--whole-library option to the linker. It looks like I have to put a 
--no-whole-library option after the library as well though.  The only 
example of that I could find was using a custom generator.  I'm not sure 
I want to go down that path, since this was supposed to be a one day thing.

Thanks,
Jared

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On Friday 28 March 2008 05:15:02 Jared Riley wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm attempting to convert a project from Make to Boost.Build (2.0-m12). 
>>   The output of the project is a shared library.
>>
>> The directory structure of the project is something like this:
>>
>> top
>> |
>> --> sub1
>> |   |
>> |   --> sub11
>> |   |     |
>> |   |     --> a.cpp
>> |   |     --> b.cpp
>> |   |
>> |   --> sub12
>> |         |
>> |         --> c.cpp
>> |         --> d.cpp
>> |
>> --> sub2
>>
>> Currently, the makefile creates a directory top/build, and compiles 
>> *.cpp into that directory.  Then it links top/build/*.o into top.so and 
>> it's done.
>>
>> Now, what I tried to do with Boost.Build, and I can't get to work the 
>> way I want is the following:
>> --------
>> top/sub1/sub11/Jamfile:
>> lib sub11 : [ glob *.cpp ] : <link>static ;
>>
>> top/sub1/Jamfile:
>> lib sub1 : sub11 sub12 : <link>static ;
> 
> So, you are trying to create a shared library out of two other shared 
> libraries? This is not supported by any compiler I know.
> 
> Can you try:
> 
> 	alias sub1 : sub11 sub12 ;
> 
> instead?
> 
> - Volodya
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