Re: [Boost-build] Adding an -lboost_system works, but why?

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Adding an -lboost_system works, but why?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-20 18:39:14

AMDG

On 04/20/2016 04:31 PM, Kuhl, Brian wrote:
> In libs/random/test/Jamfile.v2 I added an explicit library reference to get the link to succeed, but I'm not sure why it was necessary for 'random' and not for other libraries.
> 
> run test_random_device.cpp /boost//random  :  :  : <link>shared
>                                              <target-os>vxworks:<linkflags>-lboost_system
>                                              : test_random_device_dll ;
> 
> I'm sure this is NOT the best solution anyhow, so I curious what a more correct approach would be?
> 

  What exactly is the command line and error message
without this change?

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe