On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Mark Brand
<address@hidden> wrote:
I'm trying to use the boost_thread libraries in my program and
are having troubles linking to the library. Im using autotools
to build my project and I keep getting the error
/home/deadpickle/mxe/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/4.7.0/../../../../i686-pc-mingw32/bin/ld:
cannot find -lboost_thread_win32-mt.a
So far I have tried setting the LDFLAG in my configure call
and specifying -llibboost_thread_win32-mt.a and none of these
seem to be working. Any ideas?
The flag "-lboost_thread_win32-mt" corresponds to the file
"usr/i686-pc-mingw32/lib/libboost_thread_win32-mt.a". In other
words, in your linker flag, omit the "lib" prefix and the ".a" suffix.
hope im understanding your reply correctly.
in configure.ac <http://configure.ac> i removed the -l and a.
LIBS="$LIBS libboost_thread_win32-mt"
then ran
./configure --prefix=/home/deadpickle/hprcc_terminal/win32 --host=i686-pc-mingw32 LDFLAGS='-L/home/deadpickle/mxe/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/lib/'
but still received the error
i686-pc-mingw32-g++: error: libboost_thread_win32-mt: No such file or directory
Don't omit the "-l" flag. Do omit the "lib" prefix and the ".a" suffix.
Mark