[Boost-users] Test library fails to link on OS X 10.3 Panther

From: Scott Lamb (slamb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-04 13:04:57

I've downloaded boost-1.30.2 and boost-jam-3.1.7 to my PowerBook  
running Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther). After installing boost-jam without  
problems, I'm attempting to build the boost test library as follows:

$ uname -a
Darwin spiff.local 7.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.2.0: Thu Dec 11  
16:20:23 PST 2003; root:xnu/xnu-517.3.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC  Power  
Macintosh powerpc
$ gcc_select
Current default compiler:
gcc version 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)
$ cd boost-1.30.2/libs/test/build
$ bjam -sTOOLS=darwin

It chugs for a while, but gets link failures. It gives a warning about  
undefined symbols and dies. The symbols are cpp_main, test_main, and  
init_unit_test_suite. It doesn't really look like this is a fatal error  
- it says it's just a warning and that prebinding is disabled. And I  
think these are to be defined by the user of the library, so isn't it  
normal for them to be undefined here? In any case, this is the only  
error I see other than bjam complaining that the command failed. Any  
ideas how to fix it?

Thanks,
Scott Lamb

The first of the failed commands did this:

darwin-Link-DyLib-action  
../../../libs/test/build/bin/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.
dylib/darwin/debug/runtime-link-static/shared-linkable-true/ 
libboost_prg_exec_mo
nitor.dylib
ld: warning prebinding disabled because of undefined symbols
ld: Undefined symbols:
cpp_main(int, char**)

     export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
     ld -dynamic -m -r -d -o  
"../../../libs/test/build/bin/libboost_prg_exec_moni
tor.dylib/darwin/debug/runtime-link-static/shared-linkable-true/ 
libboost_prg_exe
c_monitor.lo"   
"../../../libs/test/build/bin/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dylib/dar
win/debug/runtime-link-static/shared-linkable-true/execution_monitor.o"  
"../../.
./libs/test/build/bin/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dylib/darwin/debug/ 
runtime-link-
static/shared-linkable-true/cpp_main.o"  \
     && \
     c++ -static-libgcc -g -Wl,-dynamic -nostartfiles -Wl,-dylib  
-Wl,-ldylib1.o
-Wl,-dylib_compatibility_version,1.30.2  
-W,l-dylib_current_version,1.30.2  -o ".
./../../libs/test/build/bin/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dylib/darwin/ 
debug/runtime
-link-static/shared-linkable-true/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dylib"   
"../../../li
bs/test/build/bin/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dylib/darwin/debug/runtime- 
link-stat
ic/shared-linkable-true/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.lo"  \
            \
        \
     && \
     rm -f  
"../../../libs/test/build/bin/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dylib/darwin/d
ebug/runtime-link-static/shared-linkable-true/ 
libboost_prg_exec_monitor.lo"

...failed darwin-Link-DyLib-action  
../../../libs/test/build/bin/libboost_prg_exe
c_monitor.dylib/darwin/debug/runtime-link-static/shared-linkable-true/ 
libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dylib...