Re: [Boost-users] Problem solved: LNK2019 with boost::thread_group [!]

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Problem solved: LNK2019 with boost::thread_group [!]
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-11 11:35:11

AMDG

Joseph A. Marks wrote:
> Problem solved:
>
> In case anyone ever needs to know, here are the steps taken to solve the problem:  {NOTE:  A colleague helped me with this}.
>
> Re-loaded Boost, upgrading to v. 1.37 {this upgrade may be a red herring, but it didn't hurt).  This version is very friendly to compiling in MS VS 2008 (version 9).
>
> Then, added the following, at the top of any relevant file:
>
> #include <boost/test/floating_point_comparison.hpp>
>   

This header is only needed when you use BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE.
Its absence should cause compile errors rather than link errors.

> #define BOOST_TEST_MAIN "Test put_your_town_string_here"
> #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
>   

These two are all that is needed

> #include <boost/test/auto_unit_test.hpp>
>   

This header is deprecated.  All it contains is #include 
<boost/test/unit_test.hpp>

> I am not sure if the first of these includes is required, but this always seems to work.
>   

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe