Re: [Boost-users] Avoid transitive link dependency

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Avoid transitive link dependency
From: Dario Ramos (dario_ramos_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-29 13:05:50

Ignore me, I just learned that since a dll is a self contained binary, it
needs to link in all the required dependencies. Not a Boost thing.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Dario Ramos <dario_ramos_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> I wrote a serial port static library using boost::asio. I'm trying to use
> this library from another project I'm building as a dll, but this second
> project fails to link: it wants to link with Boost's sytem library.
>
> I used PIMPL to remove all boost #includes from my class header, and also
> tried setting Visual Studio's Link Library Dependencies option set to Yes
> in my static library. Neither approach worked.
>
> I know I can solve this by adding the boost binary directory to the
> library directories for my dll project, but I'd like to avoid that. The way
> I see it, only my static library should have a Boost link dependency.
>
> I'm using Visual Studio 2012, targetting to Windows XP (v110_xp toolset),
> and Boost 1.53.0.
>
> I asked about this at Stack Overflow if anyone's interested:
>
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21435666/avoid-link-dependency-with-boost
>
> --
>
> *Darío Eduardo Ramos*
> Meditech S.A. www.meditech.com.ar
> ([phone], Interno 31
>
> Av. Julio A. Roca 3456
>
> Florida Oeste, Bs.As. Argentina
>

-- 
*Darío Eduardo Ramos*
Meditech S.A. www.meditech.com.ar
([phone], Interno 31
Av. Julio A. Roca 3456
Florida Oeste, Bs.As. Argentina