Subject: Re: [boost] Default variants on windows
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-11 10:39:38
AMDG
Thomas Klimpel wrote:
> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>
>> Thanks everybody for the feedback. I think that conclusions are:
>>
>> 1. Autolink defaults to static linking, and it's best if
>> default build of Boost match autolink default, so I'll change
>> Jamroot to build static libraries by default on windows.
>>
>
> I understood it differently: Autolink doesn't default to anything, but simply does what is specified by the linker options. If my understanding is correct, the statement "Autolink defaults to..." is at least misleading.
>
Either BOOST_<library name>_DYN_LINK or BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK
must be defined to get dynamic linking. No macro means static linking.
In Christ,
Steven Watanabe