[Boost-users] [serialization] I am unable to link the serialization demo.cpp

From: Michael Shapiro (mshapiro_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-12 12:59:00

I would like to use the boost serialization library to do checkpointing for a 
simulation which runs for one or more weeks.  However, I have not been able 
to get past the "hello world" stage.  I have tried to do this on both a linux 
machine running gcc 3.4.5 and Mac OS X using gcc 3.3.  In both cases, my 
attempts to compile the demo.cpp program fail with long lists of undefined 
symbols.

I will give the specifics for the Mac because this is where it will ultimately 
be used and because the instalation seems more standard there.

The demo.cpp I am trying to compile is the one available on
http://www.boost.org/libs/serialization/doc/tutorial.html

The boost include files are installed in
/usr/local/boost/gcc/

The libraries are installed in 
/usr/local/lib/
For example, here I find libboost_serialization.a and 
libboost_serialization.dylib. 

I am attempting to compile as follows:

gcc \
-L/usr/local/lib/ \
-I/usr/local/include/ \
-lboost_serialization \
demo.cpp

I have tried various variations on this including adding all the .a files to 
the list of libraries to link, and adding stdc++.  I get error messages of 
which the following are typical

ld: Undefined symbols:
__ZNKSs5c_strEv
__ZNKSt9basic_iosIcSt11char_traitsIcEE4failEv
__ZNSaIcEC1Ev
__ZNSaIcED1Ev

followed by more of the same.

I have no doubt there is something very simple I am failing to do, very likely 
something so simple no one knowledgeable would think to put it in the 
documentation.  So I will probably feel very dumb when someone educates me 
about this, but I will also feel very relieved.

Thanks in advance for your help.