program with boost thread 1.51 doesn't build

Question

I am trying to compile a program using boost thread with the latest version. I am using

gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)

With the 1.50 I had an issue saying that the reference to boost::thread::~thrad() couldn't be found. So I updated to the new one I got the following

      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:65: error: expected ';' before 'thread_data'
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:68: error: expected `;' before 'thread_data'
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:88: error: expected ';' before 'thread_data'
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:91: error: expected `;' before 'void'
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:105: error: expected ';' before 'thread_data'
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:108: error: expected `;' before 'void'
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:121: error: expected ';' before 'private'
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:153: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:153: error: there are no arguments to 'BOOST_THREAD_RV_REF' that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of 'BOOST_THREAD_RV_REF' must be available
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:153: error: (if you use '-fpermissive', G++ will accept your code, but allowing the use of an undeclared name is deprecated)
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:153: error: expected `)' before 'f'
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:153: error: invalid in-class initialization of static data member of non-integral type 'boost::detail::thread_data_ptr'
      /usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:153: confused by earlier errors, bailing out

I had no clue why is doing this way. Is there any workaround?

Are you sure it was an undefined reference to `boost::thread::~thrad()`, not `boost::thread::~thread()`? Also, could you give a [minimal example](http://sscce.org) which has this problem. — Mankarse, Aug 22 '12 at 11:18
This looks a bit to me like you try to compile with an unconfigured boost source treee... — PlasmaHH, Aug 22 '12 at 11:21
Did you link with the `boost_thread` library (i.e. put `-lboost_thread` on gcc's command line)? — Mike Seymour, Aug 22 '12 at 11:27
yes I am linking against the library.It used to build correctly until 1.49.0 — Abruzzo Forte e Gentile, Aug 22 '12 at 22:51
@PlasmaHH: how to chekc that situation of "unconfigured boost source tree" — Abruzzo Forte e Gentile, Aug 22 '12 at 22:52

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 14 '12 at 06:00

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I had this same issue with g++ 4.2.1 on OSX, though I don't think its a compiler issue per se.

I had previously installed boost libraries and headers installed to /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/include by invoking b2 install. This works on a new installation, but it doesn't correctly overwrite a previous boost installation (I had 1.49). All I had to do was point my build at the boost build directory I was using, or to delete /usr/local/include/boost and run b2 install again. The first time I ran b2 install it only copied the libs which was fast, the second time it took much longer and copied over all the header files.

edited Sep 14 '12 at 06:00

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Hi ( coming back with a delay to thank ). After struggling a bit there was something in my local installation messing up ( including some unexpected linked file ). At the end I decided to reinstall boost from scratch and everything worked out. Thanks for the tips. – Abruzzo Forte e Gentile Jan 16 '13 at 11:18

program with boost thread 1.51 doesn't build

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