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

From: Alexander Arhipenko (arhipjan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-17 04:19:38

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> 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
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Hi, Beman!
I've found that the problem was already fixed on trunk and 1.35
release candidate
(see http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/browser/tags/VERSION_1_35_0_RC1/libs/filesystem/build/Jamfile.v2)
, so there is no need
for submitting ticket or patch I guess.
Thanks for feedback and sorry for the noise.

Sasha