Re: [boost] building a run-time static version

Lorenzo Bettini wrote:

Hi

I was trying to build a static version of the regex library (boost 1.39), issuing this command:

./bjam --build-dir=build_static --layout=system threading=single runtime-link=static link=static

but I always get this error:

error: link=shared together with runtime-link=static is not allowed error: such property combination is either impossible error: or too dangerious to be of any use

but why is it trying to use link=shared when I explicitly specified link=static?

You must have an ICU installed, and Boost.Regex tries to use that automatically. ICU only comes as shared library. You might wish to remove the ICU_PATH setting in project-config.jam or whenever it's is made. - Volodya