BOOST_LIB_PREFIX problem with boost 1.58 and Visual C++ 2013

[anonymous]

I've successfully compiled both static and shared boost libraries with

b2 variant=release link=shared runtime-link=shared threading=multi

and

b2 variant=debug link=shared runtime-link=shared threading=multi

When trying to compile a small sample using boost_filesystem only, the linker complaints about a missing libboost_filesystem<etc>.lib (both with static -MT and dynamic -MD options): in fact, all the required *.lib archives are present in the right path, but their name begins with boost_, not *LIB*boost_.

I've had to fix boost/config/auto_link.hpp line 367, changing the definition of BOOST_LIB_PREFIX to "" instead of "lib" to get the automatic linkage work properly.

[Steven Watanabe]

Replying to anonymous:

I've successfully compiled both static and shared boost libraries with

b2 variant=release link=shared runtime-link=shared threading=multi

and

b2 variant=debug link=shared runtime-link=shared threading=multi

No, you haven't. You only compiled the shared libs. Try "link=static,shared" if you want both.

The file boost_xxx.lib is not a static library. It's the import library for boost_xxx.dll.

[John Maddock]

Steven has answered your question correctly - you have dynamic import libraries not static ones. If your intention was to link to the dynamic libraries, then please define BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK when building your code. See http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/config/doc/html/index.html#boost_config.configuring_boost_for_your_platform.user_settable_options.