Re: [Boost-users] Stupid build question

From: Johan Råde (rade_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-09 05:01:50

Markus Schöpflin wrote:
> Johan Råde wrote:
>> What syntax do I use to build both static and shared libraries?
>>
>> Is there a doc page anywhere that explains basic bjam command line syntax?
>> I'm tired of having to ask stupid questions like this all the time.
>> The Getting Started Guide contains too little info
>> and, to me, the Boost Build reference documentation is completely unintelligible.
> 
> Do you know about 'bjam --help'? And there is 
> http://boost.org/doc/tools/build/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/builtins/features.html 

That page tells me that there is a feature called "link"
that can have the values "shared" and "static".
But it does not tell me that the correct syntax to get both is "link=shared|static".

--Johan