Re: [Boost-users] Why does runtime-debugging set _STLP_USE_DYNAMIC_LIB?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-03 01:28:22

Eric Woodruff wrote:

> I've been trying to understand why the debug version of boost was
> attempting linkage with the DLL version of stlport (which I didn't build
> and I'm not using) and now I see that the runtime-debugging flag is
> specifying that the dynamic library must be used. This causes the static
> stlport to use the stlpdx cross namespace rather than the stlpd
> namespace. It is not obvious to me why debugging should require a
> dynamic library. Under code inspection this looks like a copy-paste
> oversight.
> 
>         if [ $(rproperties).get <runtime-debugging> ] = "on"
>         {
>             usage-requirements +=
>                 <define>_STLP_DEBUG=1
>                 <define>_STLP_DEBUG_UNINITIALIZED=1 ;
>         }
>         if [ $(rproperties).get <*runtime-debugging*> ] = "on"
>         {
>             usage-requirements +=
>                 <define>_STLP_USE_DYNAMIC_LIB=1 ;
>         }
> 
> 
> Why would it be checking for runtime-debugging twice? I think the second
> if should check for <runtime-link> which has the possible values
> "static" or "dynamic".
> 
> This problem looks related to this thread:
> http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2007/09/30905.php, but I couldn't
> find the Boost.Build message that is a follow-up to that one. I haven't
> found a posted solution either. Looking at the CVS HEAD revision of
> stlport.jam, it hasn't changed since 1_34_1. 

No wonder, as CVS is not used nowdays. SVN HEAD has it fixed.

HTH,
Volodya