Re: [Boost-users] Linking errors while using the test library (for a very basic program) [test]

From: Ed Johnson (ed_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-09 22:34:38

Josh wrote:
> I have a very simple program
> ********************************************************************
> #include <iostream>
> #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
> using boost::unit_test::test_suite;
> 
> void MyTest()
> {
>         BOOST_CHECK(2==2);
> }
> 
> test_suite * init_unit_test_suite( int, char* [] ) {
>   test_suite* test= BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "Simple test" );
>   test->add(BOOST_TEST_CASE( &MyTest ), 0);
>   return test;
> }
> ****************************************************************************************
> I am trying to compile it using the following commands
> 
> g++ -c BoostTest.cpp -I~/boost/include/boost-1_33_1/
> g++ -o BT BoostTest.o -I/home/josh/boost/include/boost-1_33_1/
> /home/josh/boost/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-s.a
> 
> The first step completes without a problem, the linking stage gives the
> following
> errors
> 
> BoostTest.o(.text+0x15b): In function `MyTest()':
> : undefined reference to
> `boost::test_tools::tt_detail::test_and_continue_impl(bool,
> boost::basic_wrap_stringstream<char>&,
> boost::unit_test::basic_cstring<char const>, unsigned int, bool,
> boost::unit_test::log_level)'
> BoostTest.o(.text+0x258): In function `init_unit_test_suite(int, char**)':
> : undefined reference to
> `boost::unit_test::test_suite::add(boost::unit_test::test_case*,
> unsigned long, int)'
> BoostTest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9unit_test16create_test_caseEPFvvESs+0x12):
> In function `boost::unit_test::create_test_case(void (*)(),
> std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)':
> : undefined reference to
> `boost::unit_test::ut_detail::normalize_test_case_name(std::basic_string<char,
> std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&)'
> BoostTest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9unit_test18function_test_caseC1EPFvvENS0_13basic_cstringIKcEE+0x1b):
> In function
> `boost::unit_test::function_test_case::function_test_case(void (*)(),
> boost::unit_test::basic_cstring<char const>)':
> : undefined reference to
> `boost::unit_test::test_case::test_case(boost::unit_test::basic_cstring<char
> const>, bool, unsigned long, bool)'
> BoostTest.o(.gnu.linkonce.r._ZTVN5boost9unit_test18function_test_caseE+0x10):
> undefined reference to `boost::unit_test::test_case::size() const'
> BoostTest.o(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9unit_test9test_caseD2Ev+0xc): In
> function `boost::unit_test::test_case::~test_case()':
> : undefined reference to `vtable for boost::unit_test::test_case'
> BoostTest.o(.gnu.linkonce.r._ZTIN5boost9unit_test18function_test_caseE+0x8):
> undefined reference to `typeinfo for boost::unit_test::test_case'
> 
> *************************************************************
> 
> PLEASE HELP!
> Josh
> 

I just had a very similar problem.
I have been using the library fine under Visual Studio, and I am trying
to test my code on Linux now.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ed

g++ (GCC) 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)
Fedora 5

[root_at_localhost src]# make check
Making check in .
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/hivm_svn_test/trunk/src'
make  testhivm
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/hivm_svn_test/trunk/src'
g++  -g -O2   -o testhivm  BioProcessor.o Client.o
CrossValidationExperiment.o ExperimentAnalyzer.o ExperimentResult.o
FileIO.o FunctionObjects.o LibSvmAdapter.o Log.o Options.o
PreProcWorkUnit.o PreProcessor.o SelfTestExperiment.o SvmMachine.o
SvmWorkUnit.o ValidationExperiment.o dpl.o svm.o ./3rd_party/boost/lib/*
-L./3rd_party/boost/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-d-1_33_1.a
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/hivm_svn_test/trunk/src'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/hivm_svn_test/trunk/src'

./3rd_party/boost/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-d-1_33_1.a(framework.o):
In function `boost::unit_test::framework::init(int, char**)':
/root/Desktop/boost_1_33_1/boost/test/impl/framework.ipp:192: undefined
reference to `init_unit_test_suite(int, char**)'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [testhivm] Error 1
make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1