Re: [Boost-users] [general] boost 1.35.0 library naming andbjamarguments priorities

From: John Femiani (JOHN.FEMIANI_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-11 14:37:19

I wrote:

> > Can you clarify what exact naming scheme you want? Say, 
> what should be 
> > the names for dynamic library, static library, and import 
> library for 
> > boost_xyz?
> > 
> 
> I think everything would work if static libraries made with 
> mingw and kin used .a as the extension instead of .lib. 
> 
> For example:
> 
> boost_xyz.dll -- dynamic library
> boost_xyz.lib -- import library
> libboost_xyz.a -- static library
> 
> The mingw compiler seems to prefer libboost_xyz.a over 
> boost_xyz.lib, so it chooses the correct one.
> 
> 

That is actually what it _should_ be doing according to
http://tinyurl.com/6pu5c4, and IIRC that is what it has done in the past
(but I may not recall correctly :) )

--John