Re: [Boost-build] Problem with linking to prebuild library

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Problem with linking to prebuild library
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-24 13:54:25

On Sunday 24 May 2009 20:23:02 tr1gun wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 19.05.2009, 23:03 +0400 schrieb Vladimir Prus:
> > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 22:50:49 tr1gun wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > i have a problem with building a dll that links to a prebuild dll. I have declared following targets in ftdi.jam:
> > > 
> > >     searched-lib ftddriver   : 
> > >                     :   <name>ftd2xx
> > >                         <include>$(inc_dir)
> > >                         <search>$(lib_dir)
> > >                     :
> > >                     :   <include>$(inc_dir)
> > >                         <search>$(lib_dir)
> > 
> > I suggest you drop this.
> > 
> > >                     ;
> > > 
> > >     lib ftdi2cdriver  :   [ path.glob $(location)/ftdi_i2c : *.cpp ]
> > >                             ftddriver
> > >                       :   <include>$(inc_dir)
> > >                           <define>FTCI2C_EXPORTS
> > >                           <define>_USRDLL
> > >                       :   <link>shared
> > >                       :   
> > >                       ;
> > > 
> > > The command to build is:
> > > bjam --user-config=config.jam /ftdi//ftdi2cdriver link=shared
> > > 
> > > It prints out that there are some targets but doesn't build anything.
> > 
> > The problem is that ftddriver usage requirements include <search> which
> > causes the second target to be treated as searched lib without any
> > warning. (That is the reason searched-lib is the recommended way now --
> > it's more explicitly and does not require no guessing).
> > 
> > - Volodya
> > _______________________________________________
> 
> 
> thanks works fine now.
> 
> Is there some doc about that problem or examples for dll linking?

All the docs we have are at:

        http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/tasks/libraries.html

- Volodya