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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] shared library naming on windows
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-10 10:07:32


> But in the build process it clearly builds a sulum-lib.dll i.e not
> sulum-lib.lib.

MSVC will automatically build the .lib file when it links the dll. The only
time I've seen it not do this, is when the dll doesn't actually export
anything (via __declspec(dllexport) ).

HTH, John.


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