[Boost-build] somelib/link<static> doesn't work

Subject: [Boost-build] somelib/link<static> doesn't work
From: Steve Jaffe (sjaffe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-15 15:15:17

According to the docs, it seems this should link to the static library
'mylib', but it doesn't (and since there's no shared version, the link step
just fails)

exe myexe : somefile.cpp /myproj//mylib/<link>static  ;

But more strangely, if I specify the library directly rather than using the
project// notation, then it tries to make every library involved in the
linking to be static! i.e.

exe myexe : somefile.cpp mylib/<link>static

Am I doing something wrong?

(This is the relevant doc:
We can also use the <link> property to express linking requirements on a
per-target basis. For example, if a particular executable can be correctly
built only with the static version of a library, we can qualify the
executable's target reference to the library as follows: 

exe important : main.cpp helpers/<link>static ;

No matter what arguments are specified on the bjam command line, important
will only be linked with the static version of helpers.
)
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