[boost] Re: Problems compiling Boost.Test example with gcc under Linux

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-24 06:29:09

"Noel Llopis" <nll_pub_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:200412231920.48218.nll_pub_at_convexhull.com...
> I suspect the answer to this is going to be really simple, but I've been
> trying to figure it out for several hours and I'm ready to give up (I
> couldn't even find a mention of the problem in the mailing list archives).
>
> All I want to do is use the Boost Unit Test library with gcc under Linux.
I
> have Boost 1.32 correctly installed (I've used other libraries
successfully
> without any problems).
>
> Now I simply try to compile the simplest possible example:
> http://www.boost.org/libs/test/example/unit_test_example1.cpp
>
> This is what I get:
> gcc -o test boost_test.cpp
> boost_test.cpp:11: error: `boost::unit_test' has not been declared
> boost_test.cpp:11: error: expected nested-name-specifier before
"test_suite"
> boost_test.cpp:11: error: `test_suite' has not been declared
> boost_test.cpp:23: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type
> conversion before '*' token
> boost_test.cpp:23: error: expected `,' or `;' before '*' token
>
> boost::unit_test has not been declared??? How is that possible? The
compiler
> is correctly including the boost/test/unit_test.hpp file from the first
> line of the program. What am I missing? It must be something really,
really
> stupid. I can tell :-)
>
> Happy holidays everyone!
>
>
> --Noel

My best guess is that you somehow picked up older version of Boost.Test,
which does not have unit_test namespace.

HTH,

Gennadiy