[Boost-users] How to link (properly)

From: Jason House (jhouse_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-17 08:54:31

When I run bjam install on my laptop running Mandriva 2006, it places a 
lot of files in /usr/local/lib with names like libboost_XXX-gcc.a

While I know that I can pass -lboost_XXX-gcc and it links, the -gcc bit 
seems to make things a bit too platform dependent for my liking.  What's 
the proper way to handle that extra bit at the end of the library name? 
  The project I'm working on uses autoconf/configure/make as its build 
environment.