Re: [Boost-users] pkg-config and FreeBSD

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] pkg-config and FreeBSD
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-14 12:03:22

Roman Shmelev wrote:

> Hi!
> I've downloaded boost 1.38 from the official site and successfully build it.
> I was able to compile the program that uses regexes.
> OS is FreeBSD 7.2.
> gcc is 4.2.1.
> 
> The question is: how can I do something like this:
> pkg-config --libs boost-regex
> 
> I'm new to FreeBSD, so I guess I really miss something basic.
> Googling for subject gave me a lot but not instructions how to do what I want.

This is not possible presently. I suggest you with with --layout=system
and then just use -lboost_regex

- Volodya