[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1628: Lack of wide character support prevents boost.serialization from linking

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1628: Lack of wide character support prevents boost.serialization from linking
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-08 01:50:07

#1628: Lack of wide character support prevents boost.serialization from linking
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 Reporter:  cole_at_[hidden]  |        Type:  Bugs        
   Status:  new              |   Milestone:  Boost 1.35.0
Component:  Building Boost   |     Version:              
 Severity:  Showstopper      |    Keywords:              
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 Using MSYS and MinGW
 Using latest SVN release

 MSYS's libstdc++ does not support wchar_t and thus all files that use wide
 characters have not compiled in MSYS. This hasn't been a problem in the
 past, the lib/dll/a files have always been generated and were linked fine.

 In the latest svn however, this was not the case. There was lots of
 failure surrounding:
 {{{
 bin.v2\libs\serialization\build\gcc-mingw-3.4.5\release\threading-
 multi\codecvt_null.o:codecvt_null.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTVSt7codecvtIwciE[vtable
 for std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, int>]+0x28): undefined reference to
 `std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, int>::do_max_length() const'
 }}}


 etc....

 So I deleted most of codecvt_null.cpp leaving only the boost macro at the
 top and the include for codecvt_null.hpp. This "worked". It linked
 together and I now have my nice serialization library sitting waiting for
 me to test out.

 Hopefully I specified the correct ticket properties... I got a bit
 confused.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1628>
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