RE: [Boost-Users] RE: [date_time] library binaries for VC7.1? && Comm on lib placement

From: Administrator (administrator_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-18 10:52:13

Dan,

At least, so far, it only allows for debug/non-debug tagging.  Right now,
I'm starting to get involved over on the Boost.Build
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jamboost/> mailing list.  We'll see exactly
how things pan out, although I doubt there will be any major changes for a
little while.

Dale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Muller [mailto:yg-boost-users_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 6:00 AM
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [Boost-Users] RE: [date_time] library binaries for VC7.1? &&
> Comm on lib placement
> 
> 
> In article <41B553DE6D81D5119AD90050DA7ACF702E62E6_at_PDCSERVER>, 
> administrator_at_[hidden] says...
> > Dan,
> > 
> > The date_time.lib library is a static lib.  The built 
> date_time.dll actually
> > has no exports in it, so for VC purposes is useless.  I 
> would say don't
> > worry about it, and just use the static lib.
> 
> Thanks, Dale, this is exactly what I needed to know. I was 
> starting to 
> worry that I didn't understand DUMPBIN's output, which would be 
> worrisome since I've been using it for years. :-)
> 
> > On a side note, has anyone been working on placing built 
> items into a common
> > directory, say <boost_top_dir>/lib?
> > 
> > If not, I have a patch that should help alot.
> 
> Sounds like an excellent idea. I'm assuming that on Windows, 
> the boost 
> build would then follow common conventions so that libraries 
> built with 
> different characteristics (debug vs. non-debug, multi- vs. single-
> threaded, etc) had different names. (I haven't been following boost 
> build developments lately -- is this a topic of ongoing changes?)
> 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dan Muller [mailto:yg-boost-users_at_[hidden]]
> [text elided]
> > > 
> > > After building boost for VC7.1, I find a .lib file in 
> > > boost_1_30_0\libs\date_time\build\bin\libboost_date_time.lib\m
> > > svc\debug
> > > \runtime-link-dynamic and a .dll in 
> boost_1_30_0\libs\date_time\build
> > > \bin\boost_date_time.dll\msvc\debug\runtime-link-dynamic.
> > > 
> > > There are a couple of things that I don't understand about 
> > > these files.
> > > 
> > > Is the .lib file supposed to be the import library for the 
> > > .dll? Linking 
> > > against the .lib file hasn't produced any import references in my 
> > > applications. Perhaps I'm just not hitting any out-of-line 
> > > functionality, but it sure seems like the .lib file is a 
> > > static library 
> > > rather than an import library.
> > > 
> > > Also, running DUMPBIN /EXPORTS on the .dll file shows no exported 
> > > symbols related to date_time classes, as far as I can 
> see. It really 
> > > looks like it's exporting a bunch of stuff related to the 
> > > standard C++ 
> > > library, which makes no sense to me.
> > > 
> 
> -- 
> Dan Muller
> "So that's what an invisible barrier looks like!" (Time Bandits)
> 
> 
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