Re: Boost configuration errors and problems

From: Gavin Lambert (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-04-17 23:48:14

On 18/04/2023 02:32, Klebsch, Mario via wrote:
> Since the vast majority of boost are header-only libraries, my usual
> advice is no NOT use precompiled libraries of boost but to use boost
> as a kind of source code library. This way, the source code is always
> compiled with the same compiler flags as the rest of your code.
> 
> I usually have to include
>      .../libs/system/src/error_code.cpp
>      .../libs/thread/src/pthread/* (or .../libs/thread/src/win32/*)
>      .../libs/chrono/src/*
>      .../libs/filesystem/src/*
> In my Makefile, CMakeLists.txt or .vxcproj.

Note that while doing this sort of thing is a valid strategy for a 
single application, it will get you into trouble if you split your app 
into separate EXE and DLL files and want to have any Boost types in the 
interfaces between them.