Re: [Boost-users] NEWBIE: Undefined references: How do I find the library that resolves an undefined reference

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] NEWBIE: Undefined references: How do I find the library that resolves an undefined reference
From: Michael Chisholm (chisholm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-01-24 15:52:03

On 1/24/2017 3:44 PM, Richard Hodges wrote:
> That would be the winsock library.
>
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms740673.aspx
>
>
>
> On 24 January 2017 at 20:33, JENNINGS, LYNN M NH-03 USAF AFMC 517
> SMXS/MXDPB <lynn.jennings_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> NEWBIE question: Undefined references: How do I find the library that
>> resolves an undefined reference.  For example, the output for the gcc
>> linker running in MinGW shows:
>>
>> C:/boost/boost/asio/detail/impl/winsock_init.ipp:39: Undefined reference
>> to `WSAStartup_at_8'
>>
>> I have googled the documentation a number of ways, but I cannot find the
>> library that will resolve this error.  I am sure that this is a common
>> problem.  Please point me to the documentation so I can fix this and the
>> undefined references.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>

In the future, you can check Microsoft's documentation [1] for info on 
their functions.  I searched for "WSAStartup", and found [2].  At the 
bottom of that page is a "Requirements" box, which tells you the library 
it's in.

Andy

1. http://msdn.microsoft.com
2. 
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms742213(v=vs.85).aspx