Problem
I was compiling code from someone using a Makefile. It gave this error:
/usr/bin/ld: main.o: undefined reference to symbol '_ZN5boost6system15system_categoryEv'
Solution
If you demangle the C++ symbol _ZN5boost6system15system_categoryEv
using C++Filt you get the function boost::system::system_category()
. So, the code was using this function, but was missing the library file. Adding the linker directive -lboost_system
to include the library, fixed the error.
Tried with: Ubuntu 14.04
Thanks man!
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