[C++-sig] Building Boost.Python against a debug build of Python

[Dave Abrahams]

Please read:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_49_0/libs/python/doc/building.html#python-debugging-builds

HTH,
Dave

on Wed Feb 15 2012, Adam Preble <adam.preble-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> I previously posted about runtime oddness when switching to a debug
> build of python.  I figured I needed to rebuild Boost.Python.  The
> build process is fixated on using the normal python.exe and python.lib
> paths, rather than python_d.exe and python_d.lib.  I have put those
> files in my Python26 directory, and then tried to get fancy by
> renaming them to their release names instead.  It gets mad at me . . .
>
>
>  Creating library
> bin.v2\libs\python\build\msvc-10.0\release\address-model-32\architecture-
> x86\debug-store-database\debug-symbols-on\python-debugging-on\threading-
> multi\boost_python-vc100-mt-y-1_47.lib and object
> bin.v2\libs\python\build\msvc-10.0\release\address-model-32\architecture-
> x86\debug-store-database\debug-symbols-on\python-debugging-on\threading-
> multi\boost_python-vc100-mt-y-1_47.exp
> module.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
> __imp__Py_InitModule4 referenced in function "struct _object * __cdecl
> boost::python::detail::init_module(char const *,void (__cdecl*)
> (void))" (?init_module at detail@python at boost@@YAPAU_object@@PBDP6AXXZ at Z)
> bin.v2\libs\python\build\msvc-10.0\release\address-model-32\architecture-
> x86\debug-store-database\debug-symbols-on\python-debugging-on\threading-
> multi\boost_python-vc100-mt-y-1_47.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1
> unresolved externals
>
> I'm thinking that isn't what I'm supposed to do anyways.  Is there
> something I need to do in my build string?  This is how I would do a
> full build.  Note all the baggage I added for building Python:
>
> [FWIW I'm building Boost 1.47 with VS2010's toolchain]
>
> set INCLUDE=D:\Python26\include;D:\Python26\include\Stackless
> b2 --toolset=msvc-10.0 --build-type=complete stage
> b2 --toolset=msvc-10.0 --build-type=complete architecture=x86
> address-model=32 stage
> b2 --toolset=msvc-10.0 --with-python --build-type=complete
> --debug-configuration architecture=x86 address-model=32 stage
> debug-symbols=on debug-store=database python-debugging=on
>
>
>
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