Re: [boost] Boost.ProgramOptions dynamic linking on mingw

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-18 05:10:17

Alo Sarv wrote:

> As noted at:
>
http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost-regression/CVS-HEAD/developer/output/Bronek-bin-boost-libs-program_options-test-options_description_test_dll-test-mingw-3_4_2-debug.html
> 
> progopt library fails to link on mingw as dll. After some searching
> around, I found out that using -Wl,--enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc flag
> during linking, it works properly.
> 
> However, one should be warned that this flag should not be used when
> some of the code isn't compiled with the same compiler (e.g. mixing
> dlls/binaries from different compilers) - the resulting binary will
> always crash.

Thanks for looking into it!

Two questions:
1. What does the flag do?
2. Somebody else reported successfull built with mingw. Do you know if this
problem is specific to some version of mingw?

- Volodya