Re: [boost] [1.34.0] mingw and vtables

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-19 13:28:23

Anthony Williams wrote:

> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
>> A bunch of mingw tests fail with something like:
>>
>>         variable 'vtable for boost::XXX' can't be auto-imported
>>
>> Googling around gives me:
>>
>>         http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2002-q3/msg00051.html
>>
>> which suggests that
>>
>>         --enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc
>>
>> should be added to compiler options to work this around. Before
>> I go about hacking gcc.jam with that guess, can anybody running
>> mingw test try to add
>>
>>         <cxxflags>--enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc
>>
>> to options in "using" that configures mingw gcc?
> 
> I needed to add
> 
> <linkflags>-Wl,--enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc
> 
> to user-config.jam, rather than <cxxflags>, but with that option
> program_options/cmdline_test_dll passes, which didn't before.
> 
> I'll run a full test with that option tonight.

Sorry for confusing compiler and linker, thanks a lot of trying, and
hopefully we'll have better mingw results tomorrow.

If so, I'll change gcc.jam accordingly.

- Volodya