https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6302 <p> It seems that this function </p> <pre class="wiki">template&lt;typename int_type_&gt; class int_adapter { static int_adapter from_special(special_values sv) { switch (sv) { case not_a_date_time: return not_a_number(); case neg_infin: return neg_infinity(); case pos_infin: return pos_infinity(); case max_date_time: return (max)(); case min_date_time: return (min)(); default: return not_a_number(); } } </pre><p> is not been inlined with gcc 3.4.6 and so it is duplicated at link time. See link error on regression test </p> <pre class="wiki">Test output: Sandia-gcc-3.4.6 - thread - test_condition_lib / gcc-3.4.6 Rev 76061 / Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:54:33 +0000 Report Time: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:30:12 +0000 Compile [2011-12-19 13:33:17 UTC]: succeed "/sierra/Sntools/extras/compilers/gcc-3.4.6/bin/g++" -ftemplate-depth-128 -O0 -fno-inline -Wall -g -pthread -fPIC -m32 -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_TEST_NO_AUTO_LINK=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_POSIX -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB=1 -I".." -c -o "/scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/test/test_condition_lib.test/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/threading-multi/test_condition.o" "../libs/thread/test/test_condition.cpp" Link [2011-12-19 13:33:17 UTC]: fail "/sierra/Sntools/extras/compilers/gcc-3.4.6/bin/g++" -o "/scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/test/test_condition_lib.test/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/threading-multi/test_condition_lib" -Wl,--start-group "/scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/test/test_condition_lib.test/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/threading-multi/test_condition.o" "/scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/test/test_condition_lib.test/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/threading-multi/tss_null.o" "/scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_unit_test_framework.a" "/scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_thread.a" -Wl,-Bstatic -Wl,-Bdynamic -lrt -Wl,--end-group -g -pthread -m32 `.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9date_time11int_adapterIxE12from_specialENS0_14special_valuesE' referenced in section `.rodata' of /scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_thread.a(thread.o): defined in discarded section `.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9date_time11int_adapterIxE12from_specialENS0_14special_valuesE' of /scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_thread.a(thread.o) `.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9date_time11int_adapterIxE12from_specialENS0_14special_valuesE' referenced in section `.rodata' of /scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_thread.a(thread.o): defined in discarded section `.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9date_time11int_adapterIxE12from_specialENS0_14special_valuesE' of /scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_thread.a(thread.o) `.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9date_time11int_adapterIxE12from_specialENS0_14special_valuesE' referenced in section `.rodata' of /scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_thread.a(thread.o): defined in discarded section `.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9date_time11int_adapterIxE12from_specialENS0_14special_valuesE' of /scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_thread.a(thread.o) `.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9date_time11int_adapterIxE12from_specialENS0_14special_valuesE' referenced in section `.rodata' of /scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_thread.a(thread.o): defined in discarded section `.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9date_time11int_adapterIxE12from_specialENS0_14special_valuesE' of /scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_thread.a(thread.o) `.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9date_time11int_adapterIxE12from_specialENS0_14special_valuesE' referenced in section `.rodata' of /scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_thread.a(thread.o): defined in discarded section `.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN5boost9date_time11int_adapterIxE12from_specialENS0_14special_valuesE' of /scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/address-model-32/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_thread.a(thread.o) collect2: ld returned 1 exit status </pre> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6302 Trac 1.4.3 az_sw_dude Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:42:59 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6302#comment:1 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6302#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>milestone</strong> <span class="trac-field-deleted">To Be Determined</span> </li> </ul> <p> g++3.4.6 is a rather old compiler at this point so unfortunately I see this more as a compiler issue than a library issue. In fact, this code was never an issue in older versions of g++ on other platforms in the past either. The direction of date_time is toward a fully inline implementation, so moving this into the library isn't really an option. So will not fix -- will update regression status information. </p> Ticket