Hello,
I have a C++ project (quite extensive, lots of sub-projects that produce libraries used in the final executable) which I can compile just fine with gcc 5.1.0.
As an alternative, some preparations have been previously done to compile the project with clang (in this case 3.6.2), which we’d as a company like to transition to at some point.
However when compiling with clang, I get several undefined references when linking the final executable on some libraries in the project which I don’t get when compiling with gcc.
First let me explain my build environment, which is custom:
I have an openSUSE 11.3 OS due to backwards compatibility reasons
Originally, gcc 4.5 is installed (located in /usr/bin)
I compiled gcc 5.1 myself (using gcc 4.5, located in /usr/local/bin, $PATH has been modified to search here first)
I compiled clang 3.6.2 myself (using gcc 5.1, located in /usr/local/bin)
Several other libraries (including mysql++ & boost) are compiled with gcc (located in /usr/local/lib, headers in /usr/local/include)
Codelite 8.0, compiled with gcc 5.1
Now when doing a clean clang build of my project I get 4 undefind reference linking errors:
/home/rohill/Projects/60ChannelSIP/bin/Clang/opt/swmi/lib/libSystem.so: undefined reference to `boost::program_options::arg’
/home/rohill/Projects/60ChannelSIP/bin/Clang/opt/swmi/lib/libMysql.so: undefined reference to `mysqlpp::Query::str(mysqlpp::SQLQueryParms&)’
/home/rohill/Projects/60ChannelSIP/bin/Clang/opt/swmi/lib/libTfc.so: undefined reference to `std::ios_base::failure::failure(char const*, std::error_code const&)’
/home/rohill/Projects/60ChannelSIP/bin/Clang/opt/swmi/lib/libTfc.so: undefined reference to `boost::gregorian::greg_month::get_month_map_ptr()’
I am able to resolve the issues with boost & mysqlpp by recompiling these with clang, but after that, I get 2 more undefined references to std::ios_base::failure::failure:
/home/rohill/Projects/60ChannelSIP/bin/Clang/opt/swmi/lib/libboost_iostreams.so: undefined reference to `std::ios_base::failure::failure(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits, std::allocator > const&)’
/home/rohill/Projects/60ChannelSIP/bin/Clang/opt/swmi/lib/libboost_iostreams.so: undefined reference to `std::ios_base::failure::failure(char const*, std::error_code const&)’
/home/rohill/Projects/60ChannelSIP/bin/Clang/opt/swmi/lib/libTfc.so: undefined reference to `std::ios_base::failure::failure(char const*, std::error_code const&)’
But I don’t know if I want to do this, because I am no longer able to compile the project with gcc after this.
Furthermore, I find it rather strange that clang produces these linking issues in the first place, as it can compile and link those specific libraries just fine earlier in the build.
All external libraries used to compile & link the projects libraries are also configured for the linking of the final executable.
I am at a loss for an answer, but I suspect it having to do something with gcc 4.5 in some way, so I hope to get an answer via this.
Kind regards,
Roy Kleefman
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