Re: [Boost-build] My troubles when compiling without link=static. (with msvc-8.0)

From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-17 03:39:10

   Hi Guido.

> My building platform : using msvc : 8.0 ;
>  
> I have attached som attempt in compiling some boost examples. 
> Notice I have set C:\Boost\lib in my LIB environment variable (set 
> LIB=%LIB%;c:\Boost\lib )
>  
> Onestly I am a bit pessimistic. Still I hope I am missing something 
> obvious.

   I have just tried this and it seems the build for those examples is 
buggy. Fails on both MSVC 7.1 and 9.0.

   It seems that for some reason the main Boost Jamroot file says that 
all Boost libraries should be built without automatic linking (specified 
by adding <define>BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 to the main boost library 
requirements). If you remove that line then your examples compile & link 
correctly, assuming you have built the needed libraries and have them on 
your library search path.

   Volodya: Is there something Boost Build could do to help with this? 
File-system library target already has a dependency listed on the system 
library and its examples have a dependency on the file-system library. 
Why would that not be enough to make its examples explicitly link to the 
system library? I am asking you because I'm kinda swamped in real-life 
work at the moment and your name is listed in the file-system examples 
build file.

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić