Re: [Boost-users] [filesystem] major problem with 1.36 on OS X

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-14 21:21:35

Matthias Schabel wrote:
> Attempting to compile and link the following code with a default build 
> of 1.36 on OS X 10.5.4 (Intel)
> 
> // test.cpp
> #include <fstream>
> #include <iostream>
> #include <string>
> #include <vector>
> 
> //#include <boost/system/error_code.hpp>
> //#include <boost/system/system_error.hpp>
> #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
> #include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
> 
> int main (int argc, char * const argv[])
> {
>     boost::filesystem::create_directory("blah");
> 
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> results in a linker error, even though the method in question is defined 
> inline in <boost/system/error_code.hpp> :
> 
> Undefined symbols:
>   "boost::system::error_code::message() const", referenced from:
>       boost::system::system_error::what() constin ccyMBSNr.o
> ld: symbol(s) not found
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> This is reproducible both from a clean XCode 3.0 project and from the 
> command line :
> 
> gcc test.cpp -I/usr/local/include -I .. -L/usr/local/lib 
> -lboost_filesystem-xgcc40-mt -lboost_system-xgcc40-mt -lstdc++
> 
> Uncommenting the explicit includes doesn't help, either. This is a weird 
> one...

I'm in the dark. The Sandia release tests for 4.0.1 are all passing for 
both Intel and PPC.

What happens if you try static linking?

--Beman