Re: [boost] [exception][iostream] link error in boost_1_52_0

Subject: Re: [boost] [exception][iostream] link error in boost_1_52_0
From: Jeff Flinn (Jeffrey.Flinn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-31 08:49:19

On 12/21/2012 3:14 PM, Emil Dotchevski wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Jeff Flinn <Jeffrey.Flinn_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> I'm getting the following link error using boost_1_52_0 with Xcode 3.2.6 gcc
>> 4.2:
>>
>>    "std::bad_alloc::what() const", referenced from:
>>
>>
>>        vtable for
>> boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<std::bad_alloc>in
>> libboost_iostreams-mt.a(zlib.o)
>>
>>
>>        vtable for
>> boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<std::bad_alloc>
>>> in libboost_iostreams-mt.a(zlib.o)
>>
>>
>> Boost exception is listed as a header only library, but there is
>> clone_current_exception_non_intrusive.cpp in
>> ..\boost_1_52_0\libs\exception\src. Does boost.exception lib need to be
>> built?
>
> No. The .cpp file you're referring to is not used by default.
>
> The link error you're getting seems to be for std::bad_alloc::what();
> the linker can't find a function from the compiler's standard library.

Thanks Emil, I was staring at that and my mind was seeing boost not std. :-(

Jeff