Re: [boost] [filesystem] not_found_error unresolved external symbol on windows platform

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-14 09:24:06

Alexander Arhipenko wrote:
> Hi, guys!
> I had following problem when using boost::filesystem dynamically
> linked on windows platform:
> 
> unresolved external symbol boost::filesystem::not_found_error.
> 
> (By the way, this issue was raised up on users list some time ago, but
> had no resolution).
> According to dumpbin utility, mentioned symbol resides in
> boost_filesystem binary,
> so, I guess, there is some problem with macro magics
> (__declspec(dllimport/dllexport) ) in
> header file (operations.hpp).
> 
> I'm building test application using Boost.Build:
> 
> Boost.Build V2 (Milestone 11)
> Boost.Jam 03.1.16
> 
> and boost 1.34.1.
> Compiler is MSVC 9, but problem is reproducible on MSVC 8.
> 
> The attached patch fixes the problem by defining
> BOOST_FILESYSTEM_DYN_LINK in usage requirements
> (in boost.filesystem's Jamfile.v2),
> but I'm wondering
> 1. why all the other symbols are successfully imported when mentioned
> macro is not defined
> 2. and why this macro wasn't defined in usage requirements by the
> author of the library.
> 
> Could you please shed a light on this issue or correct me if I'm doing
> something wrong.
> 
> Thanks.
> Sasha
> 
> P.S. In attach there are minimal project that reproduces the problem
> and patch that fixes the problem.

Sasha,

Please submit a ticket for this. I'm too swamped right now to look at 
it, but submitting a ticket ensures that the issue won't be forgotten.

See http://beta.boost.org/support/bugs.html for instructions on how to 
do submit a ticket.

Thanks,

--Beman