Re: [Boost-users] Regex linker problem with VC7.1

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-15 06:46:01

> I built boost 1.31.0 using bjam "-sTOOLS=VC7.1", and the static library
> names that are generated for regex do not match those generated by its
> header files.  For example, one actual library name is:
> 
>   libboost_regex-VC7.1-mt-gd-1_31.lib
> 
> Whereas, because of the "#pragma comment(lib, ..." stuff, the linker
> expects:
> 
>   libboost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_31.lib
> 
> There's no header macro to disable automatic linking, so renaming the
> library is the easiest workaround.

BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB disables auto-linking.

But see also http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg60334.php

John.