[boost] Re: [test] mingw (3.2.3) failure

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-11 11:46:48

Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
> Does anybody know what the deal here?
> 
> Test output: mslater - test - basic_cstring_test / mingw
> Linker output [2005-05-10 22:57:32 UTC]:
>     "g++" 
>   "-Wl,--enable-auto-image-base"   -g -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition -mno-cygwin 
>   -o 
> "C:\testing\boost\results\bin\boost\libs\test\test\basic_cstring_test.test\mingw\debug\basic_cstring_test.exe" 
>   -L"C:/testing/boost/results/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_unit_test_framework.lib/mingw/debug" 
> "C:\testing\boost\results\bin\boost\libs\test\test\basic_cstring_test.test\mingw\debug\basic_cstring_test.obj" 
> "C:\testing\boost\results\bin\boost\libs\test\build\libboost_unit_test_framework.lib\mingw\debug\libboost_unit_test_framework.lib" 
> "C:\testing\boost\results\bin\boost\libs\test\build\libboost_unit_test_framework.lib\mingw\debug\libboost_unit_test_framework.lib"
> 
> C:\testing\boost\results\bin\boost\libs\test\test\basic_cstring_test.test\mingw\debug\basic_cstring_test.obj(.text$_Z19asignment_test_implIwEvPN5boost4typeIT_EE+0xef): 
> In function `ZSt4setwi':
> c:/mingw/include/c++/3.2.3/iomanip: undefined reference to 
> `std::char_traits<wchar_t>::compare(wchar_t const*, wchar_t const*, 
> unsigned)'
> 
> And a lot more like this. Why references to std::char_traits<wchar_t> 
> symbols are undefined?

Because MinGW doesn't have wide char support. Well.. it has the type.. 
but that's about it :-) (this is AFAIK, i.e. last I checked)

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