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Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Can't compile with date time
From: André Santee (andre.santee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-18 14:08:12


 According to the doc, date_time is one of the libs which the build is not
necessary (but optional). Am I misinterpreting it or is it wrong?

Here's the link:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_41_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#header-only-libraries

André.

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:55:43 -0400
> From: Brett Gmoser <bgmoser_at_[hidden]>
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Can't compile with date time
> Message-ID: <4C1AA7EF.4080506_at_[hidden]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> On 6/17/2010 6:42 PM, Andr? Santee wrote:
> > Why is my Visual C++ Express giving me the following error message?
> >
> > LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file
> > 'libboost_date_time-vc90-mt-
> gd-1_41.lib'
> >
> > The boost documentation says that the date_time library is
> > header-only. Why is it trying to find binaries?
> >
> > Andre.
> >
>
> I'm not sure where you read that date_time is header only, but it isn't.
> :) You'll need to build boost to use it. Make sure MSVC knows where to
> find the binaries you want it to link with.
>



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