Re: [Boost-build] link switches

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] link switches
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-11-13 05:16:27

On 11/12/17 4:31 PM, Steven Watanabe via Boost-build wrote:
> AMDG
> 
> On 11/12/2017 05:20 PM, Robert Ramey via Boost-build wrote:
>>
>> But now that you've been sucked into the discussion, what about this:
>>
>> in my test code I have the following statement:
>>
>>      void * hDLL;               // Handle to DLL
>>      hDLL = dlopen("polymorphic_derived2.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
>>      BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE((0 != hDLL), "Failed to find/load
>> plugin_polymorphic_derived2" );
>>      BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE((0 != hDLL), dlerror() );
>>
>> Which displays the messages
>>
>> test_dll_plugin.cpp(196): Failed to find/load
>> plugin_polymorphic_derived2 in function 'int test_main(int, char**)'
>>
>> test_dll_plugin.cpp(197): polymorphic_derived2.so: cannot open shared
>> object file: No such file or directory in function 'int test_main(int,
>> char**)'
>> <snip>
>>    How is my test program supposed
>> to find these?  What should I do differently?
>>
> 
>    Pass the shared library as an 'input-file' and get the
> name from the command line inside the test program.

OK - but how does one get the name of the shared library file from 
within b2?  In this case it would be : libpolymorphic_derived2.so.1.66.0

> 
> In Christ,
> Steven Watanabe
> 
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