[Boost-users] Re: Compile Boost.thread libraries has a static library (.lib) with msvc 6 ?

Huck finn wrote:

Hi everyone, I'm a total newbie to boost, but I've got to developp a

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I really need to avoid using .dll in this project, so builing this static library is very important to me...

Hopefully some guru will give you a detailed answer. However, in the interests of giving you something quickly: No. It has to be a DLL. It has something to do with either initialization or termination. The static libraries don't do it correctly. The DLLs do. Sorry. HTH (and a clearer answer comes along), - Mark