Re: [Boost-users] makefile

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] makefile
From: Olivier Tournaire (olitour_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-25 12:19:54

Hi all,

2009/8/25 Chris Uzdavinis <cuzdav_at_[hidden]>

> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Vladimir
> Prus<vladimir_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > Shaolin wrote:
>
> >> How do I include boost dependencies in my makefile ?
> >>
> >>
> /usr/local/boost_1_39_0/boost/stage/lib/libboost_program_options-gcc43-mt-1_39.a
> >> /usr/local/boost_1_39_0/boost/stage/lib/libboost_thread-gcc43-mt-1_39.a
> >> -lpthread
> >
> > You add those to the linker invocation command in your makefile.
> > Alternatively, you can use:
> >
> >        -L/usr/local/boost_1_39_0/boost/stage/lib/
> -lboost_program_options-gcc43-mt-1_39
> >        -lboost_thread-gcc43-mt-1_39 -lpthread
> >
> > Note that this question has nothing to do with C++ Boost. I recommend
> > that you read manuals on make and gcc to get more detailed answer.
>
> I think the question he was asking wasn't how to use make, but the boost
> sorta-specific problem of linking the correct boost library depending on
> whether we are building release, debug, multi-threaded, and so on.  Since
> the spelling changes, it can be painful to manage by hand.
>
> We built a make-based build system that supports some of boost name
> generation, such as
>
> BOOST_LIBS += thread
>
> it would generate the proper link line, with the properly decorated library
> name
> based on whether or not we're building in release or debug, multi-thread or
> single, etc.
>
> I think that a "standard" boost makefile library that can be included by
> other
> makefiles to  make it easier to include and link boost libs would be
> very useful.

CMake is of great help for that!

Regards,

Olivier

>
>
> Chris
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