Re: [Boost-build] shared library naming on windows

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] shared library naming on windows
From: Bo Jensen (jensen.bo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-10 09:57:34

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Bo Jensen <jensen.bo_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> On Tuesday 10 August 2010 14:27:38 Bo Jensen wrote:
>>
>>> I am building a shared library on windows, which is build correctly
>>> with .dll extension, but when linking into a exe application the
>>> linker looks for .lib extension and fails.
>>
>> Could you provide the exact error message?
>
> It is the same with or without the no auto linking option :
>
> LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'bin\intel-win\debug\threading-mult
> i\sulum-lib.lib'
>
>        call "C:\Programmer\Intel\Compiler\11.1\065\bin\ia32\iclvars_ia32.bat" >
>  nul
> xilink /DEBUG /subsystem:console /out:"bin\intel-win\debug\threading-multi\sulum
> .exe"   @"bin\intel-win\debug\threading-multi\sulum.exe.rsp"
>        if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 EXIT %ERRORLEVEL%
>
> ...failed intel-win.link bin\intel-win\debug\threading-multi\sulum.exe bin\intel
> -win\debug\threading-multi\sulum.pdb...
> ...failed updating 2 targets...
> ...updated 92 targets...
>
> But in the build process it clearly builds a sulum-lib.dll i.e not
> sulum-lib.lib.
>
>>
>>> The library is included
>>> into the exe build as :
>>>
>>> somelib/<link>shared
>>>
>>> and no other link options is used on command line. The library
>>> "somelib" is including several boost libraries which is linked
>>> statically,
>
> In my project specs I got :
>
>     <library>../../../external/boost/libs/program_options/build//<link>static
>     <library>../../../external/boost/libs/system/build//<link>static
>     <library>../../../external/boost/libs/filesystem/build//<link>static
>     <library>../../../external/boost/libs/iostreams/build//<link>static
>     <library>../../../external/boost/libs/thread/build//<link>static
>     <library>../../../external/boost/libs/date_time/build//<link>static
>
> which are the libraries used in the code for the sulum-lib.dll, I want
> to link them static.
>
> Is -d2 the right command to get debug information at linking ?
>
>>
>> Could you clarify what is "linked statically"?
>>
>>> can this be the problem ?
>>>
>>> I am using intel for compile and linking with msvc8.
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>
>> You might want to have <define>BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB to disable autolinking.

I added this into my Jam file, but I don't see it when I run with -d2,
should I ?

>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Vladimir Prus
>> http://vladimir_prus.blogspot.com
>> Boost.Build: http://boost.org/boost-build2
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