Re: linking with boost.threads on solaris 8 with gcc 3.0.3

From: bill_kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-29 08:47:36

--- In Boost-Users_at_y..., "John Maddock" <john_maddock_at_c...> wrote:
> > In Solaris, the order of the libraries and objects, in link 
time,  _does_
> matter.
> > So, instead of:
> > -lboost_thread -lpthread -lposix4 main.o
> > you have to put
> > main.o -lboost_thread -lpthread -lposix4
> >
> > That way, it works.
> 
> Don't forget that you *must* also compile with -pthreads and link
> with -pthreads, without this you won't have a thread safe std lib, 
and
> probably other problems as well (see gcc -dumpspecs for a full list 
of
> what -pthreads does on Solaris).  The issue we're grappling with is 
that
> when you specify -pthreads in debug mode you will get an unresolved 
external
> from std::runtime_error::runtime_error, the fix is to place:
> 
> #pragma implementation "stdexcept"
> 
> in one of your source files (this isn't needed for release code 
though).  We
> should probably get this fix rolled into the thread lib itself at 
some
> stage.

If someone can provide me with a patch I'll be more then happy to fix 
this in Boost.Threads.

Bill Kempf