From: Russell Hind (rh_gmane_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-03 10:37:13
John Maddock wrote:
>
> Yes, if you're linking to the dll runtime then you can either link to
> the static or the dll versions of the libraries.
>
> The default is static linking in this release, defining
> BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK changes it to dynamic linking.
>
> Boost.Threads uses dynamic linking by default because there is no static
> version, or is there, actually I thought this had been fixed?
>
> We also need to add something about this in the getting started docs.
>
Thanks John, I didn't realise that even though I was using the dynamic
runtime, I could still link to static boost libs, providing they were
built with the dynamic runtime also.
Cheers
Russell