Re: [Boost-users] Boost default library names

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-15 20:51:52

on Sat Jul 14 2007, Steven Mackenzie <boost-AT-aptile.co.uk> wrote:

> I've just built and installed the boost 1.34 libraries from source on a
> Centos 4.4 Linux intsall, along side the default 1.32 Boost version that
> comes with RedHat/CentOS 4.
>
> The boost libraries have been installed in /usr/local/lib, but have very
> long and specific names, like libboost_program_options-gcc34-mt-1_34.so,
> and so to link against them I have to specify, for example,
> boost_program_options-gcc34-mt-1_34 instead of boost_program_options.
>
> Is there any quick change that I can make to create the extra symlinks,
> or are the long names deliberate and sensible?

they're deliberate, and their sense, such as it is, is explained in
http://boost.org/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#library-naming

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