Improved auto-link information.

[SVN r26131]

more/getting_started.html

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          link by defining BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK.</P>
       <P>This feature can be disabled for Boost library <EM>whatever</EM> by defining 
          BOOST_WHATEVER_NO_LIB, or for all of Boost by defining BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB.</P>
+      <P>If you want to observe which libraries are being linked against then defining 
+         BOOST_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC will cause the auto-linking code to emit a <code>#pragma 
+            message</code> each time a library is selected for linking.</P>
       <P>There are some Boost libraries (<A href="../libs/test/doc/index.html">Boost.Test</A>
          is one one special case), where automatic linking is not supported for 
          technical reasons: please consult the documentation for each of the libraries 
          you are using for more information, and the <A href="../libs/config/index.html">Boost.Config</A>
-         documentation for more information on configuration macros.</P>
+         documentation for more information on configuration macros.&nbsp; The following 
+         table shows the current supported configurations, (Boost libraries not listed 
+         here consist of headers only):</P>
+      <P>
+         <TABLE id="Table2" cellSpacing="1" cellPadding="1" width="100%" border="1">
+            <TR>
+               <TD><STRONG>Library</STRONG></TD>
+               <TD><STRONG>Static Link</STRONG></TD>
+               <TD><STRONG>Dynamic Link</STRONG></TD>
+               <TD><STRONG>Default linkage</STRONG></TD>
+               <TD><STRONG>Automatic library selection</STRONG></TD>
+               <TD><STRONG>Comments</STRONG></TD>
+            </TR>
+            <TR>
+               <TD>Date-Time</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>static</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD></TD>
+            </TR>
+            <TR>
+               <TD>Filesystem</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>
+                  <P>Yes</P>
+               </TD>
+               <TD>static</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD></TD>
+            </TR>
+            <TR>
+               <TD>Graph</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>No</TD>
+               <TD>static</TD>
+               <TD>No</TD>
+               <TD>The separate Graph library source is needed only when <A href="../libs/graph/doc/read-graphviz.html">
+                     reading an AT&amp;T graphviz file.</A></TD>
+            </TR>
+            <TR>
+               <TD>Program Options</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>static</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD></TD>
+            </TR>
+            <TR>
+               <TD>Python</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>dynamic</TD>
+               <TD>No</TD>
+               <TD>Since all Python extensions are DLL's it makes sense to dynamic link to the 
+                  Boost Python library&nbsp;by default (static linking is only really an option 
+                  if you are embedding python).</TD>
+            </TR>
+            <TR>
+               <TD>Regex</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>static</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD></TD>
+            </TR>
+            <TR>
+               <TD>Serialisation</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>No</TD>
+               <TD>static</TD>
+               <TD>No</TD>
+               <TD>Automatic linking support will be introduced in a future release.</TD>
+            </TR>
+            <TR>
+               <TD>Signals</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>static</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD></TD>
+            </TR>
+            <TR>
+               <TD>Test</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>No</TD>
+               <TD>static</TD>
+               <TD>No</TD>
+               <TD>Which library you link to depends upon which program entry point you define, 
+                  rather than which Boost.Test features you use.</TD>
+            </TR>
+            <TR>
+               <TD>Thread</TD>
+               <TD>Partial</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>dynamic</TD>
+               <TD>Yes</TD>
+               <TD>For technical reasons static linking is supported on only one Windows compiler 
+                  (Visual C++).</TD>
+            </TR>
+         </TABLE>
+      </P>
       <h2><a id="Additional_Steps" name="Additional_Steps"></a>Additional Steps</h2>
       <p>Depending on your platform and configuration you may need to perform some 
          additional configuration to get Boost to build and install.</p>