[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#456863: Boost.Test: main() not defined in shared library

[Jens Seidel]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 09:59:34AM +0100, Jens Seidel wrote:
> Package: libboost-test1.34.1
> Version: 1.34.1-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the unit test library of Boost is currently not usable if one wants to
> link against a shared library instead of using header files or the
> static library.

Oops, I found now #432921 against libboost-test-dev which could be a
duplicate of this bug. All tips in this bug nevertheless do not explain
why linking fails for me as I do not try to create a shared library or
something like this as the reporter of #432921 probably did.

I asked now in
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/169396 for
clarification why main() is handled differently ...

Jens