AMDG arun ramakrishnan wrote:
A nube question . I have been trying to understand the whole link process in VC++ . I use visual studio 8. I was trying to install the prebuild boost libs from boostpro and I tried to build my source against 1) , 2) and 3) .
The three are. 1)Multithread, static runtime libboost_thread-vc80-mt-s-1_38.lib 2)Multithread libboost_thread-vc80-mt-1_38.lib 3)Multithread , DLL boost_thread-vc80-mt-1_38.dll boost_thread-vc80-mt-1_38.lib
I expected there to be Multithreaded static lib and then a multithreaded dynamic shared dll . Just 2 of them , not 3 . Could someone explain the need for 3 and not just 2. OR point me to a article or something please . I have vaguely figured that 1) static boost and static CRT . 2) static boost and dynamic CRT. 3) dynamic boost and dynamic CRT. am i right ?
Yes.
I am not able to build using 3) , in spite of a lot of probing into the VC8 configuration options . Also , what configuration would be needed to make my project use the boost dll i.e 3).
If you compile with -DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK, then the boost dll will be selected. In Christ, Steven Watanabe