Re: [Boost-testing] unit test framework .so missing main, boost 1.35.0, gcc 4.3.1, linux

From: Gennadiy Rozental (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-24 16:24:55

David Hartman <dhartman <at> adfsolutions.com> writes:

> How do I need to configure the build for the test library,  using
> gcc 4.3.1, boost 1.35.0, on linux?  I want to ustin init_unit_test_suite. 
> Getting undefined reference to main error, linking the test program.  No
> error linking with a boost 1.33.1 that was built using gcc 4.2.3.

This was discussed in length on the list. Short answer: you've got 3 options

1. You need to ensure you are using static library in your link command line. 
2. You can switch to the dynamic library variant of UTF by defining
BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK and implementing your own main function.
3. You can switch to the dynamic library variant of UTF and employ automated
registration facilties like BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE, in which case you don't need
either main or init functions.

Gennadiy