Re: [Boost-users] Boost path to use for VC++ 8?

From: Jeff Dunlap (jeff_j_dunlap_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-16 17:42:15

Nathan McDaniel <n.j01 <at> haungry.com> writes:
> 
> Hi Jeff,I'm not real clear either on the difference between 'stage' 
and 'install' (seem to be different only in the default folders they place 
things), but this is what I'm doing:First, I build Boost with this command (I 
only want the release libraries and only statically linked--builds a bit 
faster):bjam "-sBUILD=release <runtime-link>static" "-sTOOLS=vc-8_0" --
prefix=./boost-built  install
> When it's done, you'll have a "boost-built" subfolder with a "boost" folder 
and a "lib" folder.  I don't plan on routinely rebuilding 1.33.1, so I copy 
the "boost-built" folder into one of my project folders and delete the boost 
build directory/files.  Then add the "boost-built\boost" subfolder to your 
include search path, and the "boost-built\lib" subfolder to your library search 
path.

Hi Nathan,
 
Thanks for your response.  I'm new to VC++ and don't know how libs are 
configured for use in VC.  Do you make a brand new copy of the built boost 
libraries each time you make a new application that references boost?  Is it 
possible to have a single built boost library and statically link to it from 
other applications we write?  Or is it only possible to do this by dynamically 
linking to DLLs?

Thanks again...Please advise