Re: [Boost-users] Which boost libraries need libs?

From: Richard Kaiser (junk1_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-26 17:52:36

Aaron, thanks for your information. Until yesterday, I have seen this 
the same way as you said. But then I succeeded to compile the unittest 
examples (those that are installed with boost)

   g++ -Ic:\boost\boost_1_33_0 unit_test_example1.cpp

without any link library.

I had modify this example a little, since without "#define geaendert_RK" 
it did not compile - neither with nor without libs.

   //  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2002-2005.
   //  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental & Ullrich Koethe 2001.
   //  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
   //  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
   //  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

   //  See http://www.boost.org/libs/test for the library home page.

   // Boost.Test
   #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>

   #define geaendert_RK       // required to compile with g++, BCB6 - RK
   #ifndef geaendert_RK
     using boost::unit_test::test_suite;//Unresolved external '_main'  - RK
   #else
     #include <boost/test/included/unit_test_framework.hpp>
     using namespace boost::unit_test_framework;
   #endif

   // most frequently you implement test cases as a free functions
   void free_test_function()
   {
     // reports 'error in "free_test_function": test 2 == 1 failed'
     BOOST_CHECK(2 == 1); // non-critical test => continue after failure

     int* p = (int*)0;
     *p = 0;
   }

   test_suite*
   init_unit_test_suite( int, char* [] ) {
     test_suite* test= BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "Unit test example 1" );

     // this example will pass cause we know ahead of time number of 
expected failures
     test->add( BOOST_TEST_CASE( &free_test_function ), 1 /* expected 
one error */ );

     return test;
   }

   // EOF

Why does this compile without any libs?

Richard

Aaron Griffin schrieb:

> On 9/26/05, Richard Kaiser <junk1_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
>>Can anybody tell me, which of the Boost libraries need libs (usually
>>created with bjam)?
>>
>>As far as I can see, for most of the Boost libraries source code
>>#includes are sufficient. For them, installation step 1 from the
>>"Getting Started"-page is sufficient. Or do I get something wrong?
> 
> 
> If you build the whole shebang from scratch you can see which
> libraries need libs and which don't.
> 
> In addition, you can look at this file list here:
> http://archlinux.org/packages.php?op=files&id=5997
> 
> The /usr/lib entries will have all the libs with a standard boost
> build.... I did the hard work for you... the following libraries
> require .so/.a libraries:
> boost_date_time
> boost_filesystem
> boost_iostreams
> boost_prg_exec_monitor
> boost_program_options
> boost_python
> boost_regex
> boost_serialization
> boost_signals
> boost_test_exec_monitor
> boost_thread
> boost_unit_test_framework
> boost_wave
> boost_wserialization