[xsd-users] link with installed archives?

[Ray Lischner]

Using 3.3.0 on Linux, I am trying to build xsd so it links with installed versions of archives instead of shared objects. The reason is that in our cross-compile environment, there are times when I want to run xsd in an environment where the cross-compiler is installed, along with the cross-compiled versions of boost, xerces, etc., but the native versions of boost, xerces, etc., are not readily available. If I can link everything statically into xsd, it makes my life easier--I have only one file to move around and make available on the system where the cross-compiling will take place.

I've tried to change -lboost_date_time to -l:libboost_date_time.a in stub.make, but that doesn't work. I guess the colon interferes with the build system, which clearly uses colons for its own use (e.g., l: -lboost_date_time). I succeeded by changing -lboost_date_time to $(boost_root)/libboost_date_time.a, and adding a definition of boost_root to a configuration-dynamic.make file.

This works, but is there an easier way? I would like $(libboost_type) and $(libxerces_c_type) to be used even when I use the "installed" version of imported libraries.

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