Re: [Boost-users] [mpi] many undefined references toserialize<boost::mpi::detail::mpi_datatype_oarchive>

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [mpi] many undefined references toserialize<boost::mpi::detail::mpi_datatype_oarchive>
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-11 01:18:27

Brian Budge wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> I've got a class hierarchy that can already be serialized into text or
> binary archives.  I'm explicitly instantiating the template functions
> for serialize and/or load/save.
>
> I'm trying to add the capability to have boost mpi perform the
> serialization through send/recv/broadcast.  I've added explicit
> instantiations for the boost::mpi::packed_iarchive and
> packed_oarchive.  My code compiles, but at the end I get a bunch of
> undefined references for
> serialize<boost::mpi::detail::mpi_datatype_oarchive>.
>
> I can add the explicit instantiations for this oarchive, and this
> seems to fix my linking issue, but this seems broken, i.e. I should
> not have to deal with anything in a boost::detail namespace?

I agree.

Note that the main boost archive classses - text_oarchive etc. do
have *.cpp files with expicit explicit instantiations.  Maybe these
are missing from the mpi archives.  Feel free to investigate
and suggest a patch.

Robert Ramey

>
> Is there another suggestion for how to get this to work?
>
> Thanks,
>  Brian