Re: [Boost-users] linking and including in visual studio

On 26 Apr 2016 at 16:51, Mark R Stallard wrote:

I don't recommend that you get too comfortable with this mysteriously "correct" build behavior. If you have multiple versions of Boost installed, you might not be building with the version you intended. For the time being, you could try displaying your full compile and link commands by changing "Suppress Startup Banner" to "No" in the property pages C/C++ > General and Linker > General.

The OP may be referring to the automatic dependency linking facility in MSVC and clang. Boost makes use of it, that's why it may "mysteriously" just work. Niall -- ned Productions Limited Consulting http://www.nedproductions.biz/ http://ie.linkedin.com/in/nialldouglas/