Re: [Boost-users] Test Tools Linking Problem

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-28 11:04:45

"Merrill Cornish" <merrill.cornish_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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> 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.

That's really strange. I don;t really know what could be causing this.

> I have tried rebuilding the entire Boost library with
>
>      bjam -sTOOLS=mingw -sMINGW_IMPLEMENTATION_DIR=E:\MinGW  stage

Try rebuilding only Boost.Test library from libs/test/build directory
 bjam -sTOOLS=mingw -sMINGW_IMPLEMENTATION_DIR="E:\MinGW  stage" 
boost_unit_test_framework

> (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.

Another option could be to use included components from boost/test/included

> Merrill

Gennadiy