Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #11253: BOOST_LIB_PREFIX problem with boost 1.58 and Visual C++ 2013

Steven Watanabe — Fri, 01 May 2015 17:15:27 GMT

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.

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John Maddock — Mon, 04 May 2015 11:18:02 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → invalid
component None → config

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.