IBM AIX: ERROR: Undefined symbol basic_ostream

[Kaushik Chakraborty]

Andrew wrote:
> Your gcc isn't properly installed.  You need to make
> sure you have g++
> and libstdc++ from the same release.

When you say your gcc isn't properly installed, if
could you please clarify on that. As already mentioned
I am using gcc (version 4.0.0).

I believe, both g++ and libstdc++ are installed from
the same release, if there is any way to verify the
same.

Kaushik

--- Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> wrote:

> Kaushik Chakraborty writes:
>  > I can compile a hello world program. 
>  > $> cat hello.cc 
>  > #include <iostream> 
>  > 
>  > int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
>  > { 
>  >   printf("Hello, world!\n"); 
>  >   std::cout << "Hello, world!\n"; 
>  > } 
>  > 
>  > $> g++ -c hello.cc 
>  > 
>  > $> ls -l hello.o 
>  > -rw-r--r-- 1 xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx 2528 11 Dec 12:23
>  > hello.o 
>  > 
>  > I can't link the hello world program. 
>  > 
>  > $> g++ -o hello hello.o 
>  > 
>  > throws me this error, 
>  > 
>  > ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol:
>  > .std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char>
> >&
>  > std::opera 
>  > tor<< <std::char_traits<char>
>  > >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char>
> >&,
>  > char const*) 
>  > ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet
> option to
>  > obtain more information. 
>  > collect2: ld returned 8 exit status 
>  > 
>  > I am using following gcc version, 
>  > 
>  > gcc version 4.0.0 
>  > 
>  > I am on AIX5.3 box and "ld" version is LD 1.64
>  > (08/19/2003)
>  > 
>  > I do have libstdc++.a present in my system and I
> even
>  > tried building linking the library as, 
>  > 
>  > $> g++ -o hello hello.o -L/usr/lib -lstdc++ 
>  > 
>  > but eventually it gives me the same error. 
>  > 
>  > Help from anyone would be appreciated.
> 
> Your gcc isn't properly installed.  You need to make
> sure you have g++
> and libstdc++ from the same release.
> 
> Andrew.
> 


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