Re: [Boost-users] boost autolinkig issue - library names on vc9?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost autolinkig issue - library names on vc9?
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-13 12:08:24

Maróy Ákos wrote:

Hi Maróy,

>> Did you check the getting started guide or google for solution? This is
>> a common problem and I would like to understand why it's coming up repeatedly
>> and what we can improve.
> 
> yes, I have. I have already built boost on a number of platforms (Linux
> 32 and 64 bit, Mac OS X, and Windows using mingw and visual studio). I
> even build boost using a cross-compiler (on a Linux host for mingw) I
> wouldn't consider myself an expert on the subject, but I read through a
> number of documentation resources.

Ok, then there's some unknown glitch for us to track down.
 
>>> with the boost-pything library. the boost build process generates
>>> libraries of the name: libboost_XXX-vc90-mt-gd-1_39.lib
>> 
>> This is static debug version.
> 
> yes, this what I need at the moment
> 
>>> and the like,
>>> but interestingly autolinkig fails with the following message:
>>>
>>> 1>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file
>>> 'boost_python-vc90-mt-gd-1_39.lib'
>> 
>> This is (import library for) shared debug version, which is not built by
>> default. You can either use static Boost libraries, by making sure
>> BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK, or similar, macros are not defined, or build shared
>> versions of Boost libraries, using additional link=shared option to Boost.Build.
>> 
>> Let me know if this helps.
> 
> can you be more specific in terms of "BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK, or similar,
> macros are not defined"? should I add sone #undef statement in my source
> code? should add some parameter to the compiler to define some macro?

What I actually meant is to make sure BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK or BOOST_PYTHON_DYN_LINK
is *not* set in your project settings. But I've just now looked at the source code,
and it seems that Python requires that you set

        BOOST_PYTHON_STATIC_LIB

macro to 1 in the settings of your project -- which differs from every other Boost
library. Can you let me now if that helps?

Thanks,
Volodya