Re: [Boost-users] Cutting headers

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Cutting headers
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-05-09 16:14:41

On 5/8/17 10:44 PM, Igor Mironchik via Boost-users wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How can I cut specific library from Boost, if, for example, I don't want
> to place all Boost but only one library from Boost?
>
> Is it possible?
>

I do this all the time.  I just import specific headers and link to the 
particular libraries.

The only issue that arises is that some boost libraries use other boost 
libraries so I have to add some other headers/libraries to the 
application working set.  We have tools for determining these secondary 
dependencies but for some specific technical reasons they aren't 
perfect.  I just work out the dependencies by hand. It's a simple one 
time procedure that just consists in building the app adding missing 
pieces until it builds to completion.

Robert Ramey