id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 6730 error reading archive created by old version when it contains pointer d s m a l l @… Robert Ramey "Problem is similar to ticket 4660. Fwiw we just discovered a gap in our unit tests. :( Code below contains our local fix. Note that we only have used lib ver 3 and lib ver 5 and that this is the reason the fix only targets those versions. One last word, I checked the latest code ( 1.49 ) and it seems to contain the same flaw as 1.45. {{{ void load_override(class_id_type & t, int version){ library_version_type lvt = this->get_library_version(); if(boost::archive::library_version_type(7) < lvt){ this->detail_common_iarchive::load_override(t, version); } else if(boost::archive::library_version_type(6) < lvt){ int_least16_t x=0; * this->This() >> x; t = boost::archive::class_id_type(x); } else if(boost::archive::library_version_type(3) == lvt || boost::archive::library_version_type(5) == lvt ){ #pragma message( ""CTMS fix for serialization bug ( lack of backwards compatability ) introduced by boost 1.45."" ) int_least16_t x=0; * this->This() >> x; t = boost::archive::class_id_type(x); } else{ int x=0; * this->This() >> x; t = boost::archive::class_id_type(x); } } }}} " Bugs new To Be Determined serialization Boost 1.45.0 Problem