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akashrajkn
akashrajkn

Reputation: 2315

Qt on Mac: boost filesystem library - symbols not found for architecture x86_64

I am trying to run a Qt project that depends upon boost filesystem library. 

Qt version: 5.6
Mac OSX 10.12
Xcode version: 8.0
Boost: 1.54

When I try to build the project, I get the following error,

"typeinfo for std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, __mbstate_t>", referenced from:
      typeinfo for boost::filesystem::detail::utf8_codecvt_facet in libboost_filesystem-mt.a(utf8_codecvt_facet.o)

ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

I've looked at many threads on stack overflow (1, 2, 3), but none of them seem to solve my issue.

My .pro file has the following statements

macx:INCLUDEPATH += ../../boost_1_54_0
macx:LIBPATH += ../../boost_1_54_0
macx:LIBS += -lboost_filesystem-mt -lboost_system-mt -larchive -lz

[I have static files of boost-filesystem, boost-system, lib archive, libz in the build directory]

How do I solve this issue?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 697

Answers (1)

Anya Shenanigans
Anya Shenanigans

Reputation: 94574

It sounds like you're building with a mix of libc++ and libstdc++. At a guess you need to compile your product with the flag -stdlib=stdc++.

Although I would advise changing your entire compile path to just use the default stdlib (libc++), to avoid just this situation

libstdc++ has the following:

$ nm /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.0.9.dylib | c++filt | grep 'std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, __mbstate_t>' | grep typeinfo
0000000000051710 S typeinfo for std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, __mbstate_t>
000000000004b760 S typeinfo name for std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, __mbstate_t>

while libc++ has the following:

$ nm /usr/lib/libc++.dylib | c++filt | grep '::codecvt<wchar_t' | grep typeinfo
0000000000057ff0 S typeinfo for std::__1::codecvt<wchar_t, char, __mbstate_t>
0000000000052070 S typeinfo name for std::__1::codecvt<wchar_t, char, __mbstate_t>

Note the intervening ::__1:: which is designed to prevent libc++ and libstdc++ interactions from breaking your app silently.

Upvotes: 4

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