Re: [boost] Clang on Windows

Subject: Re: [boost] Clang on Windows
From: Marcel Raad (Marcel.Raad_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-03-15 19:30:10

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost <boost-bounces_at_[hidden]> On Behalf Of Paul A. Bristow
> via Boost
> Sent: Donnerstag, 15. März 2018 19:05
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Cc: Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]>
> Subject: Re: [boost] Clang on Windows
> 
> I have got some things to work, but linking libraries produces an inexplicable
> (to me) link failure when trying to use Boost.Test and Clang.
> 
> I have tried this on Codeblocks when I can link to Chrono library OK, but
> when I try to use Boost.Test using the same test.cpp that passes using
> GCC7.1.0, I get a final failure
> 
> LINK : fatal error LNK1561: entry point must be defined
> 
> There is not a int main() but Boost.Test's own entry function
> 
> int unit_test_main( init_unit_test_func init_func, int argc, char* argv[] );
> 
> that I presume should be fed in place of int main()
> 
> Is this a Boost.Test config problem that makes Clang and GCC different , or
> am I doing something silly.

I've seen this error when /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE wasn't passed to the MSVC linker.

Marcel