Binding boost :: filesystem on Ubuntu 13.04

Question

I am trying to link a project for enhancement: the file system on Ubuntu 13.04, and in the last step I get some weird linking errors.

Build configuration is done through cmake:

find_package(Boost COMPONENTS system filesystem program_options REQUIRED ) include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}) link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}) target_link_libraries(${YARS_TARGET} yarsLib GLEW GL GLU glut m dl xerces-c ode ${Boost_LIBRARIES}) 

I tried using a different version of boost. For 1.49 and 1.53 I have the same behavior. On Ubuntu 12.04, it only works for lunch, and on my development machine running Archlinux with boost 1.53, it compiles, has links, and works just fine.

 /usr/bin/g++ -O3 CMakeFiles/yars.dir/yarsMain.o -o ../bin/yars -L/home/vagrant/local/lib -rdynamic ../lib/libyarsLib.a -lGLEW -lGL -lGLU -lglut -lm -ldl -lxerces-c -lode -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options ../lib/libsensorLib.a ../lib/libenvironmentLib.a ../lib/libutilLib.a ../lib/libutilFilterLib.a ../lib/libutilFormatLib.a ../lib/libutilFunctionGeneratorLib.a ../lib/libutilIoLib.a ../lib/libutilMathLib.a ../lib/libutilDefineLib.a ../lib/libdescriptionLib.a ../lib/libfilterDescriptionLib.a ../lib/libfunctionGeneratorDescriptionLib.a ../lib/libfunctionGeneratorDescriptionUtilLib.a ../lib/libbioDescriptionLib.a ../lib/libsensorsDescriptionLib.a ../lib/libyarsDirectoriesModel.a -Wl,-rpath,/home/vagrant/local/lib: ../lib/libutilIoLib.a(FileSystemOperations.o): In function `FileSystemOperations::doesDirExist(boost::filesystem::path)': FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x27): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x3a): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' ../lib/libutilIoLib.a(FileSystemOperations.o): In function `FileSystemOperations::doesFileExist(boost::filesystem::path)': FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x67): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x7a): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' ../lib/libutilIoLib.a(FileSystemOperations.o): In function `FileSystemOperations::doesDirExist(std::string*)': FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0xca): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' ../lib/libutilIoLib.a(FileSystemOperations.o):FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0xdf): more undefined references to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' follow ../lib/libutilIoLib.a(FileSystemOperations.o): In function `FileSystemOperations::getFirstExistingDirContainingDir(std::vector<std::string, std::allocator<std::string> >, std::string*)': FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x2c3): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::path::root_directory() const' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x35e): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x373): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x403): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::path::operator/=(boost::filesystem::path const&)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x43b): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x453): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x50d): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x564): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' ../lib/libutilIoLib.a(FileSystemOperations.o): In function `FileSystemOperations::getFirstExistingDirContainingFile(std::vector<std::string, std::allocator<std::string> >, std::string*)': FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x7e3): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::path::root_directory() const' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x87e): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x893): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x923): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::path::operator/=(boost::filesystem::path const&)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x95b): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x973): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0xa2d): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0xa84): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' ../lib/libutilIoLib.a(FileSystemOperations.o): In function `FileSystemOperations::getFirstExistingDir(std::vector<std::string, std::allocator<std::string> >)': FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0xd53): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' ../lib/libutilIoLib.a(FileSystemOperations.o):FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0xd68): more undefined references to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' follow ../lib/libutilIoLib.a(FileSystemOperations.o): In function `FileSystemOperations::checkValidPath(std::string*, bool, bool, std::string)': FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x1100): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::initial_path(boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x1124): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::path::operator/=(boost::filesystem::path const&)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x11e9): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::path::root_directory() const' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x1237): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x130a): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x131f): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x137b): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::system_complete(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x13dc): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' ../lib/libutilIoLib.a(FileSystemOperations.o): In function `FileSystemOperations::checkValidPathFromAlternatives(std::string*, std::string*, std::vector<std::string, std::allocator<std::string> >*, bool, std::string)': FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x1635): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::path::root_directory() const' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x1699): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::path::operator/=(boost::filesystem::path const&)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x16d0): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::system_complete(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' FileSystemOperations.cpp:(.text+0x173f): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status 

Answer 1

Just a suggestion:

1) Make sure your boost library contains the necessary characters, you can use something like this: nm -D / usr / lib64 / libboost_filesystem.so.1.52.0 | grep detail | C ++ filter | grep your names

2) Try changing the linking order of the library, for example, put -lboost_bla-bla-bla at the end of the command line and run this command again with g ++, don’t use make or anything else, just copy paste and experiment with it.

Answer 2

I ran into errors like:

 filename.cpp:(.text+0x389): undefined reference to boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' filename.cpp:(.text+0x39c): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::file_size(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' obj/x86_64/release/filename.cpp.o: In function `readFromFileNotForm(boost::filesystem::path&, char*, unsigned int)': filename.cpp:(.text+0x1291): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' obj/x86_64/release/filename.cpp.o: In function `readFromFileForm(boost::filesystem::path&, std::vector<unsigned int, std::allocator<unsigned int> >&)': filename.cpp:(.text+0x167a): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::status(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::system::error_code*)' 

Other solutions did not help. I wrote this in my cpp file:

 #include "boost/filesystem/v3/operations.hpp" 

And the problem has disappeared. I think he could not turn it on automatically. I also tried with v2, but this did not work, I had to do v3.