Building static library Boost.thread for GCC under Windows

[Arnaud Cheritat <cheritat@…>]

The command bjam --toolset=gcc --with-thread --layout=system stage typed in a cmd.exe windows command prompt does not produce libboost_thread-mt.a Here's what I got in stage\lib: boost_thread-mt-d.dll boost_thread-mt-d.lib boost_thread-mt.dll boost_thread-mt.lib libboost_thread-mt-d.lib libboost_thread-mt-s.lib libboost_thread-mt-sd.lib libboost_thread-mt.lib But g++ won't statically link with .lib files.

gcc (GCC) 3.4.5 (mingw special) OS: Windows Vista Family Premium 32bits SP1 Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+, but you probably don't care.

I followed the instruction from the windows install boost webpage...

Thanks for your attention.

[Arnaud Cheritat <cheritat@…>]

The command
bjam --toolset=gcc --with-thread --layout=system stage
typed in a cmd.exe windows command prompt does not produce libboost_thread-mt.a
Here's what I got in stage\lib:
boost_thread-mt-d.dll
boost_thread-mt-d.lib
boost_thread-mt.dll
boost_thread-mt.lib
libboost_thread-mt-d.lib
libboost_thread-mt-s.lib
libboost_thread-mt-sd.lib
libboost_thread-mt.lib
But g++ won't statically link with .lib files.

gcc (GCC) 3.4.5 (mingw special)
OS: Windows Vista Family Premium 32bits SP1
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+, but you probably don't care.

I followed the instruction from the windows install boost webpage...

Thanks for your attention.

[viboes]

When I use mingw the libs that are linked are dll and .lib.

[viboes]

Isn't this a bug on bjam?

[viboes]

Does the problem appear with other libraries?

[René Rivera]

This bug doesn't actually have enough information for us to duplicate it. We need to know the command lines use for trying to link against the compiled Boost. I say this, because last I checked (long ago), mingw would link to lib*.lib files just fine.

[Steven Watanabe]

This is no longer applicable, as the library extensions for MinGW were changed to .a and .dll.a a while ago.