Re: [Boost-users] Trouble linking regex library on Solaris machine

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-18 06:52:35

> Howdy. As I am only interested in using the regex library right now, I
> followed the instructions for building that library only, using dmake.
> Compilation went fine. When I tried using the library in a little test
> program with the command:
>
> g++ regextest.cxx -I./boost_1_31_0
> -L./boost_1_31_0/libs/regex/build/sunpro -lboost_regex -o regextest.cxx
>
> I get many undefined symbol errors. If requested, I can provide the entire
> error output.

Which makefile did you build with?  The library names are no longer simply
"libboost_regex.a", but are now mangled with the compiler name and boost
version (the same as the bjam generated library names), so you may not be
picking up on the 1.31.0 compiled libraries.

John.