Clark Sims wrote: [please follow up to boost-build@lists.boost.org]

with the jamfile which I posted previously:

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install ../bin : hello test.hello ;

lib hello : hello.cpp : <include>../include : <define>HELLODLL <define>WIN32 : <link>shared ;

exe test.hello : test.hello.cpp .//hello : <define>WIN32 : <include>../include ;

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Everything compiles and links fine. However I have to manually copy the test.hello.manifest from bin/msvc-8.0/debug/ to ../bin

Is there a way to fix this?

Yes, file a bug report at https://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7813/boost.build and I'll address it when I have time.

also when I try to create the relase copy by typing "bjam release" the macros are not correctly defined, there are no exports in hello.lib, and the whole process fails. How do I get this to compile and link correctly for release mode?

I don't see anything wrong in your example that would cause this behaviour. Please most a complete minimal archived project to boost-build@lists.boost.org and I'll take a look. - Volodya