[Boost-users] fatal error LNK1561: entry point must be defined building boost libs with win32 port of pthread

From: Andrew Marlow (Andrew.Marlow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-02 04:07:51

I am trying to build boost using the win32 port of pthreads.
The command I use is:

bjam -STOOLS=vc-7_1 -sPTW32_DIR="where-i-put-win32-pthreads"
-sPTW32_LIB="pthreadVC.lib" stage

The error I get is:

LINK : warning LNK4001: no object files specified; libraries used 
LINK : warning LNK4068: /MACHINE not specified; defaulting to X86 
LINK : fatal error LNK1561: entry point must be defined

Would be nice of Mico$oft said ***which*** entrypoint is missing. 
Without that little snippet of information I can only guess....

The log shows the linker command line used:

    CALL "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
2003\VC7\bin\VCVARS32.BAT" >nul
     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\bin\link" 
/nologo /INCREMENTAL:NO 
/LIBPATH:e:\work\overnight\win_extern\lib" 
/DEBUG /DLL /subsystem:console  
/out:"..\..\..\bin\boost\libs\regex\build\boost_regex.dll\vc-7_1\debug\t
hreading-multi\
boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_33_1.dll" 
/IMPLIB:"..\..\..\bin\boost\libs\regex\build\boost_regex.dll\vc-7_1\debu
g\threading-multi\
boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_33_1.lib"    
@"..\..\..\bin\boost\libs\regex\build\boost_regex.dll\vc-7_1\debug\threa
ding-multi\
boost_regex-vc71-mt-gd-1_33_1.CMD"

The CMD file just contains a list of the object files.

Any ideas please? I am tearing my hair out here.
A quick google reveals that a few other people across the world also
have this
problem, but not many. Those people posted their question to various
forums
and unfortunately got no reply :-(

Regards,

Andrew Marlow
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