Re: [Boost-users] Test Tools Linking Problem

From: Merrill Cornish (merrill.cornish_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-26 19:07:57

Gennadi,

Thanks for the suggestions.

I had reduced the failing test to a single BOOST_MESSAGE() macro call to simplify the error output. (All of the regex stuff links fine with the DLL.)  When I try linking my entire test file, *ALL* of the unresolved references involve test_tools::tt_detail::...  It's as if just the test tool details weren't created.

If I remove the test tools library reference from the Makefile, then I get undefined test tools references for *OTHER* than details.  So, at least something in the library is being used by the linker--just not the stuff from the details.  I have no idea why the detail references would have been dropped.

I have tried rebuilding the entire Boost library with 

      bjam -sTOOLS=mingw -sMINGW_IMPLEMENTATION_DIR=E:\MinGW  stage 

(I may have mis-remembered the exact name for the implementation directory, but I got it right.)  This time I captured the output.  There were error message about the serialization library because of wide characters, but no complaints about any of the others.  The rebuilt library gives the same errors.

I would certainly like to use the Boost test library, but for the moment, I'm going to have to go back to implementing it myself.

Merrill