From: Stefan Slapeta (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-23 07:20:26


Michael Glassford wrote:

> Sorry. I meant two things:
>
> 1) Boost.Thread requires a dynamic library to fix a Win32 problem.
>
> 2) Someone, earlier in this thread, I believe, pointed out that the
> ability to compile Boost.Thread as a static lib had been removed on
> non-Win32 platforms for no reason.
>
> I was suggesting that, if both these facts are true, support for
> compiling Boost.Thread as a static library should at least be added
> back for non-Win32 platforms.

Why just for non-Win32 platforms?

I would suggest having a static lib also for Win32, but without tss (as
this needs the dll version).

Stefan