Re: [Boost-users] how to link libraries in Jamroot?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] how to link libraries in Jamroot?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-13 11:49:34

AMDG

Arne Kalaghan wrote:
> I am not very experienced with boost. I try to learn how to use the boost.thread library. After early bjam compilation errors (undefined references, because the boost_thread library was not linked), I found that this Jamroot creates my executable successfully:
>
> exe threadtest : threadtest.cpp 
>     : <library>/usr/lib/libboost_thread-gcc42-mt-1_34_1.so.1.34.1
>     ;
>
> Is it possible to simplify the <library> parameter to something like "boost_thread"? The reason is that I am developing on different systems with different boost versions, so that I don't want to hardcode the library version in the Jamroot. I thought that the boost.build system should be smart enough that it finds the appropriate library file if you only tell it "use the thread library please".
>
> How can I make the Jamroot independent from the boost installation and, more importantly, from the operation system?
>   

You can use the boost module.  For documentation run
bjam --help boost

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe