[Boost-users] Threads and linking against the right Boost-libs

Subject: [Boost-users] Threads and linking against the right Boost-libs
From: Christoph Duelli (duelli_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-05 02:29:18

* When I have a program that use a second thread and only that second thread
does use Boost, will I need to link against the "-mt" libs?
(I am using linux.)
[An example would be: when I use some Boost facilities together with Qt: Qt4
creates threads even if I do not use any explicitly.]

* If I create a lib and that lib does not use threads, but does use
Boost.Regex, I usually add a "-lboost_regex" to that lib.
If a program later on uses both my lib and threads, would I have had to link
against boost_regex-mt?

Does this boil down to 'if I might use threads I should always link against
the -mt libs'?

Best regards
Christoph