Re: [Boost-users] Multiple Versions of Boost in the Same Executable

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Multiple Versions of Boost in the Same Executable
From: Sohail Somani (sohail_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-08 18:24:46

On 08/10/2012 4:52 PM, Aaron_Wright_at_[hidden] wrote:
> I have a large executable that loads shared libraries as plugins. Some of
> those shared libraries dynamically link with an old boost version that's
> part of the system (/usr/lib) when they are loaded.
>
> I want to build my own plugin shared library, but I want to use a newer
> boost version. I tend to link boost in statically.
>
> My question is, will it cause any issues if I create a shared library that
> is statically linked with a newer version of boost, and have it loaded by
> the same executable that is dynamically linked with an old version of
> boost?
>
> I hoping this'll work, as I can't upgrade the system boost very easily.
> ---
> Aaron Wright

It probably won't work as you're doing it. The only way I ever got this 
to half-work ever was to replace "boost" with "boost_version_number" in 
my boost source. It only half-worked but it was the right half.

Sohail