Okay, I have almost completely fixed my problems. I just spent the past hour: - creating test case headers for each test translation unit (don't worry, I sped this up using a macro hehe) - inserting static test case method declarations privately in said headers - eliminating method redefinitions by toying with test translation unit #includes I am ALMOST there. Going to start a new issue, as my current problem is now vastly different from what is stated in the subject line. Consider the original problem for this issue SOLVED. Cheers! On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 9:04 PM wrote:

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Message: 1 Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:50:38 -0800 From: Andrew McFarlane To: Boost users list Subject: [Boost-users] [Boost.Test] linking with shared lib (cannot find main) Message-ID: < CAG90r9S4rCVPXACn5o6zG9xZQe9oucr7zR6PYHKHqgdUGGJ1Bw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Hi all,

I have been using Boost.Test for about a month now. Big fan so far, except for the atrocious compilation times, hence why I am moving toward using the shared library.

using b2 to build and install Boost.Test's libs was simple enough, though after making the noted changes here:

https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/libs/test/doc/html/boost_test/adv_scen...

to customize the module's entry point, g++ cannot find the main executable:

Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:

"_main", referenced from:

implicit entry/start for main executable

ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64

clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

make: *** [Guest_T] Error 1

I tried digging through the docs for more information, but I came up short.

For more context, I have written unit tests for each of my classes. For example, if my classes were A, B, and C, I would have A_T.cpp, B_T.cpp, and C_T.cpp for unit tests.

- Should each of the unit tests have their own main() function? (I would think not..)

- If not, how do I instruct g++ to first compile main.cpp before attempting to compile anything else?

If you are curious, here are the contents of my Makefile:

PROG := main

CC := g++

SDIR := ../src

PKG_DIRS := $(shell ls $(SDIR))

CXXFLAGS = -v -Wall -std=c++11 -I$(SDIR_TEST) \

$(addprefix -I$(SDIR)/,$(PKG_DIRS)) -I$(BOOST_ROOT) \

-L$(BOOST_LIBS) -Wl,-rpath,$(BOOST_LIBS) -lboost_unit_test_framework

ODIR_TEST = ./bin

SDIR_TEST = ./src

OUTDIR = ./execs

ODIR = ../sim/bin

TEST_EXEC_NAMES = $(notdir $(basename $(wildcard $(SDIR_TEST)/*.cpp)))

$(OUTDIR)/$(PROG) : $(SDIR_TEST)/main.cpp

$(CC) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $<

$(OUTDIR)/$(PROG) : $(TEST_EXEC_NAMES)

$(CC) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^

% : $(SDIR_TEST)/%.cpp

$(CC) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $(OUTDIR)/$@ $^

...

From what I can tell, g++ is failing to find the main the executable because it is attempting to compile one of my unit test files first. This may or may not be the case; either way, I would appreciate some help or direction as to what I should read to learn more about this.

Let me know if you need more info.

Thanks in advance.

- AJ