[Boost-users] Using Boost 1.33 with STLport 5.0 on MSVC71

From: Wu Yinghui, Freddie (yhwu_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-23 05:59:31

Dear all,

I'm having a problem linking the simplest Boost unit_test program on the 
platform described above. More details here:

Compiler: MSVC71

OS: WinXP Pro SP2

STLport 5.0 config: All default as obtained from CVS STLPORT_5_0 branch, 
except that I use /Zc:wchar_t to use wchar_t as built-in type.

Boost 1.33/34: All default as obtained from CVS, built with the 
following command line:
bjam --without-python "-sBUILD=debug release <runtime-link>static 
<threading>multi <stlport-version>5.0 <native-wchar_t>on 
<define>BOOST_SIGNALS_NAMESPACE=siglib" stage

My simple unit_test program:
=====
#include <string>
#define BOOST_AUTO_TEST_MAIN
#include <boost/test/auto_unit_test.hpp>

BOOST_AUTO_UNIT_TEST( Test_Function )
{
     std::wstring string = L"some test string";
     BOOST_CHECK( string.length() == 16 );
}
=====

My project setting uses "Multi-threaded DLL (/MD)" in code gen, and 
links to "libboost_unit_test_framework-vc71-mt-sgdp.lib" in debug mode. 
My purpose was to use STLport in a DLL, but the whole Boost statically 
linked. (I know I can link with 
"libboost_unit_test_framework-vc71-mt-gdp.lib," but I want Boost to be 
statically linked.)

The linker gives the following errors:
stlportstld.5.0.lib(stlportstld.5.0.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: 
__thiscall stlpd_std::__owned_list::~__owned_list(void)" 
(??1__owned_list_at_stlpd_std@@QAE_at_XZ) already defined in 
libboost_unit_test_framework-vc71-mt-sgdp.lib(unit_test_suite.obj)
stlportstld.5.0.lib(stlportstld.5.0.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: 
__thiscall stlpd_std::basic_string<char,class 
stlpd_std::char_traits<char>,class stlpd_std::allocator<char> 
 >::~basic_string<char,class stlpd_std::char_traits<char>,class 
stlpd_std::allocator<char> >(void)" 
(??1?$basic_string_at_DV?$char_traits_at_D@stlpd_std@@V?$allocator_at_D@2@@stlpd_std@@QAE_at_XZ) 
already defined in 
libboost_unit_test_framework-vc71-mt-sgdp.lib(unit_test_suite.obj)
stlportstld.5.0.lib(stlportstld.5.0.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: 
static void __cdecl stlpd_std::__node_alloc<1,0>::deallocate(void 
*,unsigned int)" 
(?deallocate@?$__node_alloc@$00$0A@@stlpd_std@@SAXPAXI_at_Z) already 
defined in 
libboost_unit_test_framework-vc71-mt-sgdp.lib(unit_test_suite.obj)
stlportstld.5.0.lib(stlportstld.5.0.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: class 
stlpd_std::basic_string<char,class stlpd_std::char_traits<char>,class 
stlpd_std::allocator<char> > & __thiscall 
stlpd_std::basic_string<char,class stlpd_std::char_traits<char>,class 
stlpd_std::allocator<char> >::assign(char const *,unsigned int)" 
(?assign@?$basic_string_at_DV?$char_traits_at_D@stlpd_std@@V?$allocator_at_D@2@@stlpd_std@@QAEAAV12_at_PBDI@Z) 
already defined in 
libboost_unit_test_framework-vc71-mt-sgdp.lib(unit_test_log.obj)
        <more similar errors removed...>

Is there any kind soul here can enlighten me a bit? Is it at all 
recommended (or even possible) to use STLport in DLL while statically 
linking with Boost?

Cheers,

Freddie

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