Re: [Boost-build] conditional link dependent on a define

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] conditional link dependent on a define
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-23 13:10:27

AMDG

On 10/23/2012 09:10 AM, Avi Bahra wrote:
> How do I link a particular library dependent on a define:
> 
>>From the docs:
> lib network : network.cpp
>     : <link>shared:<define>NEWORK_LIB_SHARED
>      <variant>release:<define>EXTRA_FAST
>     ;
> 
> However what I want:  ( which fails with: error: properties found in
> the 'sources' parameter)
> 
> lib pthread ;
> exe network : network.cpp
>     : <define>MULTI_THREADED:<link>:pthread
>     ;
> 
> i.e if MULTI_THREADED is defined link with the pthread library.
> 
> is this possible in bjam ?
> 

You can't use free features in conditional properties.
What you can use is

exe network : network.cpp
  : <threading>multi:<library>pthread
  ;

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe