Hi Anthony
So my question is: Why does including thread.hpp require linking against the date_time library? It seems that it is not needed at all?
The new trunk/release version of boost.thread has replaced uses of the private xtime type with uses of the date_time library in the functions that take timeouts: sleep, timed_lock, timed_wait, etc.
Ok, but then I'd only need to link against the date_time library if I actually use these functions, correct? Autolink currently forces me to link against date_time even with the following program: #define BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK #include <boost/thread/thread.hpp> #include <iostream> static void ThreadFunction() { std::cout << "Hello from a boost thread" << std::endl; } int main() { boost::thread(&::ThreadFunction).join(); return 0; } Cheers, Andreas