https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2110 <p> In </p> <p> <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#library-naming">http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#library-naming</a> </p> <p> there is the sentence: </p> <p> (except for static libraries built by the gcc toolset, whose names always end in .a) </p> <p> This is wrong. The mingw toolset makes no exception. Only gcc on cygwin does, but it is unclear if cygwin shall be considered windows... </p> <p> Recommendation: Simply purge the whole "(...)". </p> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2110 Trac 1.4.3 Daniel James Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:40:36 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2110#comment:1 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2110#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>owner</strong> changed from <span class="trac-author">Matias Capeletto</span> to <span class="trac-author">Dave Abrahams</span> </li> </ul> Ticket Dave Abrahams Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:00:35 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2110#comment:2 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2110#comment:2 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">new</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">closed</span> </li> <li><strong>resolution</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">fixed</span> </li> </ul> <p> (In <a class="changeset" href="https://svn.boost.org/trac10/changeset/50338" title="Fixes #2110 ">[50338]</a>) Fixes <a class="closed ticket" href="https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2110" title="#2110: Bugs: Libryr naming on windows always is *.lib (closed: fixed)">#2110</a> </p> Ticket