statically linking isn't possible

[peterlohse@…]

Hello,

I have a problem. If a compiler with -lboost-filesystem, then is no problem, but if I compile with -lboost-filesystem and -static, there is this error: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_filesystem

I have test it with -L/usr/lib64/boost-1_46, but the same error.

OS: Gentoo

Please help.

[René Rivera]

Could you specify how you built Boost, and the exact command line invocation for both the working and failing compiles.

[Beman Dawes]

Boost.Filesystem's implementation of path locale and codecvt handling has been rewritten with much simpler, more portable, and hopefully more robust code. The interface has not changed. The rewrite has been applied to svn trunk as of revision 83062. An added reference documentation section (boost-root/libs/filesystem/doc/reference.html#path-Usage) describes class path usage concerns, such as thread data races.

These changes should resolve this issue. If you believe it has not been resolved satisfactorily, please open a new issue rather than reopening this issue. But before you do that, please read boost-root/libs/filesystem/doc/reference.html#path-Usage to be sure that the problem you are seeing is not a manifestation of one of the those concerns. If you do open a new issue, please be specific and supply a test case and lots of details. Just saying something "doesn't work" or "crashes" is not enough!

Thanks,

--Beman