Re: [Boost-Users] Re: Why file_system build on msvc 6.5 is only dynamic?

At 05:29 PM 12/19/2002, David Abrahams wrote:

"Daniel Yerushalmi" writes:

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I want to do something equivalant... (in my opinion it should by default to build all the four (eight including debug/release) option.... )

Talk to Beman about it; he's the filesystem guy. BTW I'm pretty sure there are only six combinations, since the DLL runtime is always MT-enabled.

I don't think the issue of exactly which libraries (all six, fewer?) to build is an isolated filesystem issue. Rather, it is part of the larger install issue. By that I mean that we now have a good way to do builds, and it will get even better with Boost.Build V2. But to some extent, that is a capability, not a complete solution. The complete solution would deliver a completely installed set of libraries, ready to go for your compiler. At first glance, that seems easy. But remember that most of the expectation-raising examples we are all familiar with work for only one compiler and one operating system, and are custom-built for that compiler and O/S. So a general solution is a tough nut to crack. --Beman