Bug#401600: constructor/de-constructor never found for all testprograms build against boinc-dev

[Folkert van Heusden]

Maybe the bug should be: "the package lacks documentation".


On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:35:46PM +0100, Folkert van Heusden wrote:
> > package boinc-dev
> > severity 401600 normal
> > thanks
> > > Package: boinc-dev
> > > Version: 5.4.11-3
> > > Severity: grave
> > > Justification: renders package unusable
> > >
> > > Nothing builds with this library.
> > That's not true. The boinc-app-seti package builds with this package 
> > (therefore I'm downgrading the severity of this bug). Maybe you should have a 
> > look at boinc-app-seti's makefiles to figure out how to use BOINC libraries 
> > and headers.
> 
> I.m.h.o. if just doing something like -lboinc (or whatever), it should
> be in the (at least Debian-) documentation of that library.
> 
> If a library is only usable for 1 application, it doesn't make sense to
> have a seperate -dev library.
> 
> 
> > > For example:
> > > -----------
> > > #include <stdio.h>
> > > #include <BOINC/boinc_api.h>
> > > int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > > {
> > >         APP_INIT_DATA aid;
> > >         return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > Compile with: g++ -lstdc++ -lboinc_api -lboinc test.cpp
> > > gives:
> > > /tmp/ccxYULhN.o: In function `main':
> > > test.cpp:(.text+0x1f): undefined reference to
> > > `APP_INIT_DATA::APP_INIT_DATA()' test.cpp:(.text+0x32): undefined reference
> > > to `APP_INIT_DATA::~APP_INIT_DATA()' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > >
> > > Other example:
> > > -------------
> > > #include <BOINC/lib/gui_rpc_client.h>
> > > int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > > {
> > >         RPC_CLIENT      test;
> > >         return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > Compile with: g++ -I /usr/include/BOINC/ -lstdc++ -lboinc_api -lboinc
> > > rpctest.cpp gives:
> > > /tmp/ccfemaKV.o: In function `main':
> > > rpctest.cpp:(.text+0x19): undefined reference to `RPC_CLIENT::RPC_CLIENT()'
> > > rpctest.cpp:(.text+0x29): undefined reference to
> > > `RPC_CLIENT::~RPC_CLIENT()' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Folkert van Heusden
> 
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