I've recently switched from visual studio 2010 express to using NetBeans, and i'm already very impressed with the layout and simplicity, even though it did take a bit of nudging to compile right. However, i've got another problem. When i tested to see if boost would work as well, i included the file boost/signals.hpp in a main.cpp and then went to the additional library directories in the project options and added the lib directory of my boost install, same as i would do in visual studio. After all this, i get a bunch of undefined references anyway.
I'm using the mingw compiler with msys and i have boost version 1.47 if that makes any difference. I can confirm that this same install of boost works fine when using visual studio.
Here is the build log.
"/usr/bin/make" -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk QMAKE= SUBPROJECTS= .build-conf
make[1]: Entering directory m`/c/Users/me/Documents/NetBeansProjects/Syncopate5/Syncopate5'
"/usr/bin/make" -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows/syncopate5.exe
make[2]: Entering directory `/c/Users/me/Documents/NetBeansProjects/Syncopate5/Syncopate5'
mkdir -p dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows
g++.exe -o dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows/syncopate5 build/Debug/MinGW-Windows/main.o -L/C/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/boost/boost_1_47/lib
build/Debug/MinGW-Windows/main.o: In function `ZN5boost7signal0IvNS_10last_valueIvEEiSt4lessIiENS_8functionIFvvEEEED2Ev':
C:\Users\me\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Syncopate5\Syncopate5/../../../../../../Program Files (x86)/boost/boost_1_47/boost/signals/signal_template.hpp:139: undefined reference to `boost::signals::trackable::~trackable()'
C:\Users\me\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Syncopate5\Syncopate5/../../../../../../Program Files (x86)/boost/boost_1_47/boost/signals/signal_template.hpp:139: undefined reference to `boost::signals::detail::signal_base::~signal_base()'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/c/Users/me/Documents/NetBeansProjects/Syncopate5/Syncopate5'
C:\Users\me\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Syncopate5\Syncopate5/../../../../../../Program Files (x86)/boost/boost_1_47/boost/signals/signal_template.hpp:139: undefined reference to `boost::signals::detail::signal_base::~signal_base()'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/Users/me/Documents/NetBeansProjects/Syncopate5/Syncopate5'
build/Debug/MinGW-Windows/main.o: In function `ZN5boost7signal0IvNS_10last_valueIvEEiSt4lessIiENS_8functionIFvvEEEEC2ERKS2_RKS4_':
C:\Users\me\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Syncopate5\Syncopate5/../../../../../../Program Files (x86)/boost/boost_1_47/boost/signals/signal_template.hpp:197: undefined reference to `boost::signals::detail::signal_base::signal_base(boost::function2<bool, boost::signals::detail::stored_group, boost::signals::detail::stored_group> const&, boost::any const&)'
C:\Users\me\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Syncopate5\Syncopate5/../../../../../../Program Files (x86)/boost/boost_1_47/boost/signals/signal_template.hpp:197: undefined reference to `boost::signals::detail::signal_base::~signal_base()'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows/syncopate5.exe] Error 1
make[1]: *** [.build-conf] Error 2
make: *** [.build-impl] Error 2
Edit:
After trying to add the required lib file manually via the add libraries dialog in the project properties, i receive this error.
"/usr/bin/make" -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk QMAKE= SUBPROJECTS= .build-conf
make[1]: Entering directory `/c/Users/me/Documents/NetBeansProjects/Syncopate5/Syncopate5'
"/usr/bin/make" -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows/syncopate5.exe
make[2]: Entering directory `/c/Users/me/Documents/NetBeansProjects/Syncopate5/Syncopate5'
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `../../../../../../Program Files \(x86\)/boost/boost_1_47/lib/libboost_signals-vc100-mt-1_47.lib', needed by `dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows/syncopate5.exe'. Stop.
make[1]: *** [.build-conf] Error 2
make: *** [.build-impl] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/c/Users/me/Documents/NetBeansProjects/Syncopate5/Syncopate5'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/Users/me/Documents/NetBeansProjects/Syncopate5/Syncopate5'
BUILD FAILED (exit value 2, total time: 9s)
After hours of googling and reading, i have discovered a little more about boost and finally found and understand my problem. When i originally obtained my install of boost, it was from BoostPro which has all the header only objects, as well as precompiled binaries for vc++ ONLY. After obtaining the most recent version of boost, and boost.build to create gcc versions of the libraries and linking against them, it worked without a hitch. Thanks Tyler Jandreau an Joachim Pileborg for answering my inherently flawed question :.