Re: [Boost-users] help building shared library for lib/filesystem on RHEL4 with gcc 3.4.4

From: William Deegan (bdbaddog_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-03 13:36:26

> When I do the following:
> pushd libs/filesystem/build
> bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc"
>
> I only end up with the
> /boost-1.30.2/libs/filesystem/build/bin/libboost_filesystem.a/gcc/release/runtime-link-dynamic/libboost_filesystem.a
>
> Built and no .so
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
> Did this message get out to the mailing list? I got no responses at all..
> _______________________________________________
>
>   In the Jamfile of this library is there a dll target, if so you could
> probably call that one
>  bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc" target
>
> in this case
>
> bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc" dll
>
> should build the shared library only
>
> and
>
> bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc" lib
>
> should only build the static library
>
> I dont know about boost 1.30 but it works on the 1.35 cvs version

Doesn't work on boost-1.30.2, but works fine with 1.33.1

Thanks for the pointer. Gladd to know it works in some version.
Now I just have to find out which of my developers mixed .so's from 1.30.2 and
some more recent version in our third party code repository..

-Bill