Re: [Boost-users] Stupid build question

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-09 05:06:24

Johan RÃ¥de wrote:

> Markus Schöpflin wrote:
>> Johan RÃ¥de 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".

        http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/invocation.html

leads to

        http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/reference.html#bbv2.reference.init.args

which does describe the syntax. Other than merging the latter page into the former and
eliminating one level of link, I don't see anything else that can be improved. Any
suggestions?

- Volodya