Re: [Boost-build] How to build static python-extension?

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] How to build static python-extension?
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-10-01 03:52:49

On 10/01/2014 05:05 AM, Amos Anderson wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to build a static python extension using boost 1.55. I have a setup which can compile shared libraries
> successfully, so now I'm trying to figure out how to modify my Jamroot/Jamfile to do static instead.

Hi Amos,

I actually don't know whether static python extensions are possible. Almost by definition, Python extension
module is a shared library that Python interpreter loads at runtime - and it's not possible to load
a static library at runtime.

Am I missing something?

- Volodya