Re: [Boost-users] [log] BOOST_LOG_GLOBAL_LOGGER_* in DLL

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [log] BOOST_LOG_GLOBAL_LOGGER_* in DLL
From: Michael Marcin (mike.marcin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-03-20 20:27:46

On 3/20/2014 5:26 PM, Klaim - Joël Lamotte wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Michael Marcin <mike.marcin_at_[hidden]
> <mailto:mike.marcin_at_[hidden]>> wrote
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>     Unfortunately it is not managed, but thanks for the tip in any event.
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> "If your application consists of more than one module (e.g. an exe and
> one or several dll's) that use Boost.Log, the library must be built as a
> shared object. If you have a single executable or a single module that
> works with Boost.Log, you may build the library as a static library."
> Source:
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/libs/log/doc/html/log/installation/config.html
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> Are you sure you did compile Boost.Log itself as a dll too?
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> In my setup I'm "cheating": I have my own specific logging interface
> exposed by one module (dll) which internally uses a static versdion of
> Boost.Log, which is equivalent to haveing Boost.Log as a dll in some ways.
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Specifically I have boost Log compiled as a static library but I'm only 
using boost.log from a single dll so from my reading of that guideline 
it doesn't apply.