Re: [Boost-build] [documnetation error?] linking with a prebuilt library

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [documnetation error?] linking with a prebuilt library
From: Johan Nilsson (r.johan.nilsson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-18 02:30:28

Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I was trying to link with a prebuilt library. But somehow the file is
> not passed correctly on to the compiler. I looked at
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/tools/build/doc/html/bbv2/tasks/libraries.html
>
> which states I can do something like
>
>  lib a : : <variant>release <file>/pool/release/a.so ;
>  lib a : : <variant>debug <file>/pool/debug/a.so ;
>
> but this doesn't work.

How?

> I have to say
>
>   lib a : : <variant>release:<file>/pool/release/a.so ;
>   lib a : : <variant>debug:<file>/pool/debug/a.so ;
>
> Could this be an error in the documentation?

No, unless something's changed recently the former should work. What's the 
actual contents of your jamfile? Error messages?

Regards,
Johan