Boost 1.33.0 RC2: Boost.Threads does not link under VC 8.0/AMD64

10 Aug 2005

      Hi

Linking of Boost.Threads (Boost 1.33.0 RC2) fails under VC 8.0/AMD64 with 
the following error:

vc-C++ 
bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\xtime.obj
xtime.cpp
vc-Link 
bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\boost_thread-vc80-mt-gd-1_33.dll

bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\boost_thread-vc80-mt-gd-1_33.lib
   Creating library 
bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\boost_thread-vc80-mt
-gd-1_33.lib and object 
bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\boost_thread-vc8
0-mt-gd-1_33.exp
once.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol 
_InterlockedCompareExchange referenced in function "long __cdecl `a
nonymous namespace'::compare_exchange(long * volatile,long,long)" 
(?compare_exchange@?A0x083100d6@@YAJREAJJJ@Z)
bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\boost_thread-vc80-mt-gd-1_33.dll 
: fatal
 error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Microsoft (R) Manifest Tool version 6.0.4071.0
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation 2004.
All rights reserved.

mt.exe:general error c101008d:Failed to write the updated manifest to the 
resource of file "bin\boost\libs\thread\build\
boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\boost_thread-vc80-mt-gd-1_33.dll". 
The system cannot find the file s
pecified.

    CALL "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 
8\Common7\Tools\..\..\VC\bin\amd64\vcvarsamd64.BAT" >nul
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 
8\Common7\Tools\..\..\VC\bin\amd64\link"  /nologo /INCREMENTAL:NO  /
DEBUG /DLL /subsystem:console 
/out:"bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\bo
ost_thread-vc80-mt-gd-1_33.dll" 
/IMPLIB:"bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-mult
i\boost_thread-vc80-mt-gd-1_33.lib" 
@"bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-mult
i\boost_thread-vc80-mt-gd-1_33.CMD"
    mt -manifest 
bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\boost_thread-vc80-mt-gd
-1_33.dll.manifest 
-outputresource:bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\boos
t_thread-vc80-mt-gd-1_33.dll;#2

...failed vc-Link 
bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\boost_thread-vc80-mt-g
d-1_33.dll 
bin\boost\libs\thread\build\boost_thread.dll\vc-8_0-amd64\debug\threading-multi\boost_thread-vc80-mt-gd-1_33.
lib...
...failed updating 1 target...
...updated 682 targets...

Any help is welcome.

Best regards, Peter.

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