Re: [Boost-users] build under MSVC with changed library name

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] build under MSVC with changed library name
From: Philipp Kraus (philipp.kraus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-08-22 21:05:29

I have setup the flags:

/EHsc
/DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
/DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK

and now VS builds a correct working executable

On 2012-08-23 02:19:45 +0200, Kraus Philipp said:

> I'm building the executable on the command line, so I have set the 
> define BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
> but now I get a linker error in the boost program option (the symbol 
> can not resolved):
> 
> "public: static unsigned int const 
> boost::program_options::options_description::m_default_line_length" 
> (?m_default_line_length_at_options_description_at_program_options_at_boost@@2IB)" 
> in Funktion "_main".
> 
> "class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class 
> std::allocator<char> > boost::program_options::arg" 
> (?arg_at_program_options_at_boost@@3V?$basic_string_at_DU?$char_traits_at_D@std@@V?$allocator_at_D@2@@std@@A)" 
> in Funktion ""public: virtual class std::basic_string<char,struct 
> std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > __thiscall 
> boost::program_options::typed_value<class std::basic_string<char,struct 
> std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> 
> >,char>::name(void)const " 
> (?name@?$typed_value_at_V?$basic_string_at_DU?$char_traits_at_D@std@@V?$allocator_at_D@2@@std@@D_at_program_options_at_boost@@UBE?AV?$basic_string_at_DU?$char_traits_at_D@std@@V?allocator_at_D@2@@std@@XZ)". 
> 
> 
> I'm not working with VS all the time, I'm using g++ on unix systems, so 
> it is a little bit confused.
> Thanks a lot for your message
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> 
> Am 23.08.2012 um 00:58 schrieb Lemay.Steve:
> 
>> I'm not a MS Visual Studio guy... but you may need to turn off auto 
>> linking and manual configure your project.
>> 
>> SGL
>> steven.lemay_at_[hidden]
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] 
>> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Kraus Philipp
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 1:51 PM
>> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
>> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] build under MSVC with changed library name
>> 
>> Hi Steve,
>> 
>> Am 22.08.2012 um 22:14 schrieb Lemay.Steve:
>> 
>>> Yes, its documented somewhere within the boost.org getting Started 
>>> Pages, or bjam documentation.  I uncovered it a few months ago - but I 
>>> am unable to relocate the documentation using boost.org search.  I'm 
>>> sure it's there somewhere.
>> 
>> *g* "somewhere" is a good choice
>> 
>>> I am unable to get MSVS static library builds to follow this naming 
>>> convention - but, I'm glad to know it works for DLL's.  It does work as 
>>> advertised for gcc built static libraries.
>> 
>> But I have got a problem, I have build boost under VS with the 
>> --layout=system option, *.lib and *.dll files are named without any 
>> tags. Now I would like link this libraries and the linker tries to 
>> search eg libboost_system-vc100-mt-s-1_51.lib also with the tags, but 
>> it does not find the lib, because it is named boost_system.lib (same 
>> problem with the DLLs) My linker command shows: link /nologo 
>> /out:myprogram.exe /LIBPATH:library/boost/1.51.0/lib 
>> boost_program_options.lib boost_system.lib
>> 
>> Do you have an idea why the linker calls the wrong file?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Phil
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
>>> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Kraus
>>> Philipp
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:08 PM
>>> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
>>> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] build under MSVC with changed library name
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> that works, but is there a documentation for this flag?
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Phil
>>> 
>>> Am 22.08.2012 um 16:17 schrieb Lemay.Steve:
>>> 
>>>> Try --layout=system
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> SGL
>>>> steven.lemay_at_[hidden]
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
>>>> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Jurko
>>>> Gospodnetic
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 5:22 AM
>>>> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
>>>> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] build under MSVC with changed library name
>>>> 
>>>> Hi.
>>>> 
>>>>> I'm using Boost under MSVC (build from source). Can I change the
>>>>> output library name of the compiled libs?
>>>>> Under unix systems the libs are named: libboost_<sublib>.so Under
>>>>> Windows ( http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_50_0/more/
>>>>> getting_started/windows.html#or-simplified-build-from-source ) there
>>>>> are a lot of other information in the filename.
>>>>> So I need only a special build type (no debug, mt, etc), so I would
>>>>> like to tell b2, that the name of the libraries are only
>>>>> boost_<sublib>.dll under Windows.
>>>> 
>>>> I am not really sure I understand what you want here, but does perhaps 
>>>> the Boost library build script's '--layout' options solve your 
>>>> problems? It changes the way Boost library targets get their file names 
>>>> generated.
>>>> 
>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Jurko Gospodnetić
>>>> 
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