Re: [Boost-build] dll depends on executable with several exported symbols

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] dll depends on executable with several exported symbols
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-11 13:06:36

On Tuesday 05 May 2009 16:12:16 Anatoly Shirokov wrote:
> I have solved the problem. Here is the patch of the msvc.jam file:
> 
> --- generators.register-linker msvc.link : OBJ SEARCHED_LIB STATIC_LIB 
> IMPORT_LIB : EXE : <toolset>msvc ;
> +++ generators.register-linker msvc.link : OBJ SEARCHED_LIB STATIC_LIB 
> IMPORT_LIB : EXE IMPORT_LIB : <toolset>msvc ;

This is saying that msvc.link generator *always* produces IMPORT_LIB. Therefore,
executables that don't produce it will be relinked on each bjam invocation.

- Volodya