Subject: Re: [boost] regex/ICU fix
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-20 05:13:14
> As reported previously, --build-type=complete does not work if
> ICU is also configured. The below patch makes build process
> suppress building static Boost.Regex in this case. The wording
> is as follows:
>
> ghost_at_wind:~/Work/Boost/boost-svn$ bjam link=static
> runtime-link=static --with-regex
> ....
> warning: when using ICU, Boost.Regex must be a dynamic library
> warning: forcing link=shared runtime-link=shared for Boost.Regex
> Note: Building Boost.Regex with Unicode/ICU support enabled
> Using ICU in /usr/include
>
> Note that the warning is printed before the message that we're using ICU,
> which is ugly, but what I have is a minimal change. I'll tweak those
> configuration messages for 1.41. Comments? Ok for release branch?
Does this disable building for link=static runtime-link=dynamic ? It looks
like it does, but this configuration is OK, it's just the runtime that must
be shared for things to work correctly.
Thanks, John.