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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Threads and linking against the right Boost-libs
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-05 17:24:34

AMDG

Christoph Duelli wrote:
> * 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.]
>   

It might work to use a single threaded library on linux, but I don't 
think it's guaranteed.

> * 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?
>   

This is not essentially different from the above.

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

That would be the safest.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe