Re: [Boost-users] Specifying library locations for g++

From: Bobby Ward (bobbyrward_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-30 15:16:41

I just realized you are using mingw gcc4.  Mingw doesn't support gcc4 and
you are generally advised to stay away from it for many reasons.

gcc 4 remove #pragma comment(lib, "") support which is why auto-linking
doesn't work.

On 5/30/07, Bobby Ward <bobbyrward_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> You're right of course. I mistakenly assumed you were using MSYS.
>
> On 5/30/07, Scott Meyers <usenet_at_[hidden] > wrote:
> >
> > Bobby Ward wrote:
> > > Actually...
> > >
> > >  > A note to Cygwin < http://www.cygwin.com/> and MinGW
> > > <http://mingw.org/> users
> > >
> > >  >If you plan to use your tools from the Windows command prompt,
> > you're
> > > in the right place.
> >
> > That would be me.  I built gcc using msys, but I'm using the vanilla
> > Windows
> > command window to build programs with gcc.
> >
> > Anyway, that pseudo-disclaimer doesn't change what the rest of the
> > document
> > implies about gcc and auto-linking, IMO.
> >
> > Scott
> >
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