Re: [Boost-users] question on boost::regex expression(query);

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-02 13:45:30

Mike Marchywka wrote:
>> Well, I wanted a static build but couldn't get that to work and then
>> I realized
>> it needed a dll only when I tried to run in different location.
>> These are the lib's I have.
>>
>>
>> $ ls ./boost/lib | grep regex
>> libboost_regex-gcc-mt-1_33_1.a
>> libboost_regex-gcc-mt-s-1_33_1.a
>> libboost_regex-gcc-mt-s.a
>> libboost_regex-gcc-mt.a
>>
>> Linking against the static produced undefines such as
>>
>> ./boost/lib/libboost_regex-gcc-mt-s-1_33_1.a(cpp_regex_traits.o):cpp_regex_trait
>> s.cpp:(.text+0x4cf): undefined reference to
>> `__gnu_cxx::__exchange_and_add(int v
>> olatile*, int)'

Looks like you need -lpthread or maybe -rt (I can't remember which symbols 
are in which cygwin dll).

>> so it looked like the non-static was working.

It probably should as long as you're only linking to *one* regex library :-)

John.