Re: Using Boost as a Library Dependency

Jason Winnebeck writes:

David Abrahams wrote:

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Jason Winnebeck writes: I have no problem using boost with mingw32. I keep my boost installation at c:/boost. My mingw32 is installed at c:/tools/mingw-2.0.

Ok so you download my library. My library needs your boost to compile it. How does it find Boost? I have provided my makefile. What do you expect to have to do to my library to get it to find Boost.

If you're using Boost.Build v2, I have an answer for you, but if you're using make, I can't help. Anyway, even if you're providing Makefiles, these are all standard problems you have to solve when using any 3rd party lib.

What do you want it to do? What is the least you expect it to handle?

?? I don't understand your questions. You're the one with a problem that needs to be solved.

Unless there is some option I don't know about for Mingw, you are going to have to modify my makefile to point to Boost or define some environment variable so I know where it's at so I can add the proper -I line.

Sure, or you're going to have to tell me about a location that gets put in the path used by your makefile so I can drop (a symlink to) my boost tree there. The use of angle-includes is irrelevant to all this, at least as far as GCC/mingw are concerned. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com