Re: [Boost-users] [regex] 1.35 missing lib on Windows?

From: Rainer Thaden (RThaden_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-18 00:00:16

Larry wrote:
> I built 1.35 on Windows XP using MS Visual Studio .NET 2003 using
> 
>   bjam --toolset=msvc-7.1 install
> 
> No errors in the build.
> 
> Including <boost/regex.hpp> in a cpp file compiles OK using IDE but the link 
> fails missing libboost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_35.lib and the lib is not present 
> in the "install" lib directory. The project is being built with compiler 
> option /MDd. Is this a Boost build failure or should I have specified 
> something else to get the lib created or to use a different lib? Anyone 
> know?
>

You either use dynamic linking and didn't specify the
BOOST_ALL_DYN_LIB
macro or you use static linking and the bjam default settings only build 
the shared libraries.
Quoting from a post from  06/04/2008:

The files with "lib" prefix are static libraries whereas the ones 
without "lib" are used for dynamic linking (DLLs).
First decide, what you want to use, then build the appropriate files.
with bjam use the option link=static or link=shared.

Have a look at
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/tips/Building_boost_libraries.aspx
That may help you.

Regards,

Rainer