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List:       boost-build
Subject:    Re: [Boost-build] set link flag for individual library
From:       "Andrei Melnikov" <andy.melnikov () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-06-30 5:28:39
Message-ID: 96735cc00606292228q3a28a09bsb737a5ed375c9363 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 26/06/06, Chris Weed <chrisweed@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> In my library, I have a bunch of functions that get registered in a
> factory.  They use a string to look them up.
> What I think happens is that since the linker doesn't know these are
> needed the symbols aren't extracted. Using a different build system I
> could just tell it to extract all the symbols for the library.
>
> I am guessing my next best option is to separate the files with
> registrations into a separate library and link the object files. Could
> I make whatever lib/exe that depends on this library link all of the
> object files directly?

Yes. You can use "alias" rule for this library instead of "lib" rule.

Andrey

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