From: Craig Rodrigues (rodrigc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-27 10:08:52
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 10:53:01AM +0100, Pedro Ferreira wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> is there a reason why the suffix for static libs is '.lib' (in
> v2/tools/types/lib.jam)?
> I tried using -lXXX with libXXX.lib and gcc won't find it. It does find
> libXXX.a, though.
That's wrong. That slipped in went in there when Vladimir committed
a fix to make .dylib the extension for shared libraries on Mac.
It should be: .dylib for shared libraries, .a for static libraries.
-- Craig Rodrigues rodrigc_at_[hidden]