From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-05 11:08:52
Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> 2. Is this feature meant to express a preference or a hard
>> requirement?
>
> Preference. You must be able to set it globally, and not to fight
> with libraries that are available in only one variant.
In that case it seems very strange to use this as a feature in a
target's requirements section to indicate whether it is a shared or
static library.
-- David Abrahams dave_at_[hidden] * http://www.boost-consulting.com Boost support, enhancements, training, and commercial distribution