Re: [Boost-users] statically linked boost libs with VS2010 missing ?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] statically linked boost libs with VS2010 missing ?
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-08-08 12:29:27

Lars Viklund wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 10:21:41AM +1000, trevor_at_[hidden] wrote:

>> Is this some MSVC toolchain issue ? Is there another option I need
>> to be using for this toolchain ?
>
> link=static makes static-linked Boost libraries (lib- prefix)
>
> runtime-link=static makes libraries linked against
> the static runtime (-s-).
>
> Your use case probably wants both static link and runtime-link, as
> dynamic linking a Boost that uses a static runtime is pretty much
> always a bad thing.

This requires a little more clarification somewhere.

It's true that creating a DLL which uses static linking can
cause problems and avoiding doing this will avoid them.
But, sometimes it's necessary.  It's not clear what the rules
are that would permit one to do this without problems.

Robert Ramey