[boost] [filesytem].[aix].[1_34_0] related issue

From: Gaurav Jain-SJR (Gaurav.Jain_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-19 06:58:42

Hi,

// samp.cpp Boost Library Example
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <fstream>
#include "boost/filesystem/operations.hpp"
#include "boost/filesystem/path.hpp"
#include "boost/filesystem/exception.hpp"
#include "boost/filesystem/convenience.hpp"
#include "boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp"
using namespace std;

int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
{

  if ( argc != 2 )
  {
    std::cout << "Usage: file_size path\n";
    return 1;
  }

  std::cout << "sizeof(intmax_t) is " << sizeof(boost::intmax_t) <<
'\n';

  boost::filesystem::path p( argv[1], boost::filesystem::native );

  if ( !boost::filesystem::exists( p ) )
  {
    std::cout << "not found: " << argv[1] << std::endl;
    return 1;
  }

  if ( boost::filesystem::is_directory( p ) )
  {
    std::cout << "not a file: " << argv[1] << std::endl;
    return 1;
  }

  std::cout << "size of " << argv[1] << " is " <<
boost::filesystem::file_size( p )
    << std::endl;
  return 0;
}

I tried to build the above sample which comes with BOOST File System
library on AIX 5.3. It got failed at link time.
The detail of this activity is as follow:

Compiler Details: XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V9.0

OS Details:- AIX 5.3

Boost Version:- 1_34_0 (32 bit build)

Command for building the boost libraries:-

$bjam --v2 install toolset=vacpp --prefix=$HOME/1_34_1/32
--builddir=$HOME/tmp variant=release runtime-link=static,shared
threading=single,multi --without-python Jamfile.v2

"samp.cpp":- Compilation Command

$xlC_r -q32 -I/home/1_34_0/include samp.cpp -L/home/1_34_0/lib
-lboost_filesystem-xlc-mt-1_34

ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol:
.boost::filesystem::detail::last_write_time_api(
const std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>
>&,int)
ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more
information.

I tried to find a solution on google and came across with the following:

http://beta.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/output/IBM_Canada_Ltd-boos
t-bin-v2-libs-filesystem-test-operations_test_dll-test-vacpp-debug.html

Even the regression test result on IBM site indicates that the certain
test case of file system library isn't working:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2030&context=SSJT9L&uid=swg2
7010184

I am not directly using the
"boost::filesystem::detail::last_write_time_api" in my code, but I am
not sure whether any other API's which I am using in my code, is using
it indirectly.

Can somebody suggest me a work around to resolve this?

Regards,
Gaurav Jain

"There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third works."
-Alan J. Perlis 

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