[C++-sig] bjam issue related to boost::python

[David Abrahams]

From: "Srivatsan Raghavan" <vraghavan at cnmnetwork.com>


> hi all ,
> i created a c++ extension module using python which worked fine..
>
> then i wanted to embed a call to PyRun_SimpleFile in another app,
> and the script i was calling is attempting to use my extension module
>
> but i was getting telling me that the interpreter wasn't initialized
> after much searching, research, and work with msvc's Dependency Walker
> i narrowed it down to the fact that boost_python_debug.dll is trying to
link
> to the release version of python22.dll , whereas it should be linking to
> python22_d.dll
> (which unfortunately does not come with the python installer , that has
> to be compiled manually )
>
> at any rate, how can the boost::python Jamfile be modified to try this
> check when it comes boost::python ?


Please see the section on "Build Variants" at
www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/building.html#variants
No modification of the Jamfile is needed. If you want a build using the
debug version of the Python DLL, you should be using
    -sBUILD=debug-python

-Dave



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