Re: [Boost-users] Building Boost libraries

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-25 12:28:28

on Mon Aug 25 2008, Roma <shmromacs-AT-yandex.ru> wrote:

> Hi!
> I need to compile Boost now and don't know what libraries I really need.
>
> "The above example session will build static and shared non-debug
> multi-threaded variations of the libraries. To build all variations
> use --build-type=complete"
>
> The question is - what do I really need as just Boost user?  Will
> non-debug variations be suitable for me while I will debug my program
> under msvc (step-by-step execution)? (I have no need to debug deeply
> into Boost libs) When will I need single-threaded variations? Or I
> will never meet it even if my program will contain just one thread?

Did you read http://boost.org/more/getting_started ?

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