Sorry -- Newbie here -- I don't know exactly what the 'latest CVS state' is or how to get it. I have been trying to build boost-python on Windows95 with MSVC++6. I have boost 1.27 and activestate python 2.2.1 build 222. I can get it to compile but the link fails. Here is the linker message for the boost-example1: Linking... Creating library Debug/hello.lib and object Debug/hello.exp example1.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl boost::python::handle_exception_impl(class boost::function0)" (?handle_exception_impl@python@boos t@@YA_NV?$function0@XUempty_function_policy@boost@@Uempty_function_mix in@2@H@2@@Z) bpl_static.lib(types.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl boost::python::handle_exception_impl(class boost::function0)" (?handle_exception_imp l@python@boost@@YA_NV?$function0@XUempty_function_policy@boost@@Uempty _function_mixin@2@H@2@@Z) bpl_static.lib(extension_class.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl boost::python::handle_exception_impl(class boost::function0)" (?handle_exc eption_impl@python@boost@@YA_NV?$function0@XUempty_function_policy@boo st@@Uempty_function_mixin@2@H@2@@Z) bpl_static.lib(extension_class.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "struct _object * __cdecl boost::python::expect_non_null(struct _object *)" (?expect_non_null@python@boost@@YAPAU_object@@PAU3@@Z) bpl_static.lib(functions.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "struct _object * __cdecl boost::python::expect_non_null(struct _object *)" (?expect_non_null@python@boost@@YAPAU_object@@PAU3@@Z) bpl_static.lib(objects.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "struct _object * __cdecl boost::python::expect_non_null(struct _object *)" (?expect_non_null@python@boost@@YAPAU_object@@PAU3@@Z) example1.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "struct _object * __cdecl boost::python::expect_non_null(struct _object *)" (?expect_non_null@python@boost@@YAPAU_object@@PAU3@@Z) bpl_static.lib(module_builder.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "struct _object * __cdecl boost::python::expect_non_null(struct _object *)" (?expect_non_null@python@boost@@YAPAU_object@@PAU3@@Z) bpl_static.lib(init_function.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "struct _object * __cdecl boost::python::expect_non_null(struct _object *)" (?expect_non_null@python@boost@@YAPAU_object@@PAU3@@Z) bpl_static.lib(classes.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "struct _object * __cdecl boost::python::expect_non_null(struct _object *)" (?expect_non_null@python@boost@@YAPAU_object@@PAU3@@Z) Debug/hello.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals Error executing link.exe. hello.dll - 11 error(s), 0 warning(s) Perhaps there is something simple I can do to fix this? Perhaps there is something I need to include in the project to get the link to work? Can anyone help? Thanks --- In Boost-Users@y..., Albrecht Fritzsche wrote:

David Abrahams wrote:

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1. Get the latest CVS state. Release 1.27 is broken in several ways.

Ooops, ok - I will try the CVS version.

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The library works with Python 2.2.1

Thanks - that's the info I was hoping for :-)

Ali