RE: [Boost-Users] Re: linking with boost.threads on solaris 8 with gcc 3.0.3

From: Dale Peakall (dale.peakall_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-26 10:29:41

> --- In Boost-Users_at_y..., "Dale Peakall" <dale.peakall_at_b...> wrote:
> > gcc version: 3.0.3 - thread model: posix
> > ld version: GNU ld 2.11.2 (with BFD 2.11.2)
> > boost: 1.27.0
> > 
> > I've applied the unclosed extern "C" fix to once.cpp,
> > removed the unsupported -pthread option from gcc-tools.jam,
> > and built the thread library using jam with no errors.
> 
> The extern "C" bug is fixed in CVS.  You might want to make sure the 
> gcc-tools.jam problem is a known issue as well.
> 
> > Has anyone compiled anything using this environment that
> > uses boost.threads?
> 
> I don't have any way to compile/test on this platform so all I can 
> offer is general advise.
> 
> Since Jam works to build the library, does it work to run the test?  
> (Execute Jam in the BOOST_ROOT/libs/thread/test directory.)  If this 
> works (hopefully it will) you can use Jam to figure out what command 
> line options are required to link on your platform (execute with the -
> d+2 switch).

Unfortunately, jam fails to build the test app too.

The errors reported when trying to link 'test_thread' and are from 
thread.o:
  undefined reference to nanosleep
  undefined reference to sched_yield

> Hopefully others will have more information for you.

Lets hope.

        - Dale.