Re: boost, boost_unit_test_framework

[Mattias BrÃndstrÃm <thebrasse at brasse dot org>]

VÃclav Haisman wrote:
> > /usr/lib/libboost_date_time-gcc-mt-s-1_33.a*
> > /usr/lib/libboost_date_time-gcc-mt-s.a*
>
> This is called 'versioned' layout.
>
>
> > In my build scripts I would still like to be able to specify
> > -lboost_date_time and not -lboost_date_time-gcc-mt-s. Is it the
> > intention of the maintainer of the cygwin boost package that I should
> > make a symbolic link (ln -s libboost_date_time.a
> > libboost_date_time-gcc-mt-s.a) to the library that I want to use?
>
> You can either add the links or you can have something like
> BOOST_SUFFIX=-gcc-mt-s and use -lboost_date_time${BOOST_SUFFIX}.

Ok. I didn't think of using a suffix like you suggest. It looks nice and 
I am going to use it in my build scripts.

> > Another question regarding the cygwin boost package is why the test
> > libraries are missing?
>
> Because its build is broken on Cygwin.

Have the test libraries worked in any previous version of boost for 
Cygwin? If so, is there any way that I can install that version instead?

:.:: mattias

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