libpthread in mingw does not find the libraries - pthreads

I am trying to compile the following program with mingw:
#include <pthread.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
void *hello(void *id) {
int nid = *static_cast<int*>(id);
std::printf("Hello from thread %d\n", nid);
return 0;
}
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
pthread_t ids[2];
int *params[2];
for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
params[i] = new int;
*params[i] = i;
pthread_create(&ids[i], 0, hello, params[i]);
}
for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
pthread_join(ids[i], 0);
for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
delete params[i];
return 0;
}
using this command:
g++ -lpthread -ohello.exe hello.cc
And I get the following message:
C:\Users\XXXXXX~1\AppData\Local\Temp\cczPlv0w.o:hello.cc:(.text+0xad): undefined
reference to `_imp__pthread_create'
C:\Users\XXXXXX~1\AppData\Local\Temp\cczPlv0w.o:hello.cc:(.text+0xe9): undefined
reference to `_imp__pthread_join'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
But with an older version of MingGW I had no problems running pthreads programs. (This is just the simple of all the programs that failed, but basically everything that uses pthreads ends up with the same error, C and C++)

Move -lpthread to the end of that command:
g++ -ohello.exe hello.cc -lpthread
The order of the arguments is important. (Using -pthread throughout instead of -lpthread for linking is actually recommended, since it sets flags both for the preprocessor and the linker.)

Library specifications are position dependent with gcc, it will only bring in unresolved symbols at the point where the library is listed.
Because you haven't listed your main object file at that point, the only unresolved symbol is main. You need to move the library specifications to the point where there will be unresolved symbols they can satisfy.
I've never really understood why gcc chose this path since it sometimes leads to situations where you have to list libraries more than once (such as with circular dependencies). The only reason I've ever thought of is to keep control as to what libraries are allowed to resolve specific symbols.
I've seen more "intelligent" linkers where they simply batch up all the libraries till the end then go through them over and over again until either all symbols are satisfied or there is no chance that they can be. This saves a lot of effort but you do lose that aforementioned control.

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vs code on MacBook // linker command failed with exit code 1 [duplicate]

I have looked at similar question on this site and googled why this is happening but have tried these solutionnot able to compile, difference between ncurses and curses, another compile error, but I am still having the problem with the error undefined reference to stdscr and wgetch the compiler is finding the library as far as I can figure out as I used find to locate the curses library and entered the full location in the #include line.
my code is as follows
#include <ncurses.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int first_line(char);
int main(){
char c = 0;
while((c = getch())!=EOF){
first_line(c);
}
return 0;
}
int first_line(char c){
if (c != '\n' && c != '\r'){
putchar(c);
do{
c = getch();
putchar(c);}
while( c !='\n');
}
else return 0;
return 0;
}
If you can point to what I've missed or am doing wrong I would much appreciate it.
ncurses.h is a header file (containing declarations), not a library (containing code that implements those declarations).
The error message you're seeing is from the linker, not from the compiler.
If you're using gcc, you need to add either -lcurses or -lncurses to the compiler command line (after your source file name).
For example, on my system I copied your source to c.c, and I can compile and link it using either
gcc c.c -o c -lcurses
or
gcc c.c -o c -lncurses

Eclipse CDT is reporting false erros while using std::index_sequence

UPDATED: Added complete example and compiler information
I have Eclipse 2019-03 (4.11.0) with CDT 9.7.0.20190309 and the build-in compiler reports false positive errors while using std::index_sequence in C++17:
#include <gtest/gtest.h>
#include <utility>
#include <array>
class Sample {
public:
template<std::size_t N >
std::size_t get_percentage( void ) {
return N;
}
template<std::size_t... Is>
inline std::array<std::size_t, sizeof...(Is)> calculate_percentages( std::index_sequence<Is...> ) noexcept {
return { this->get_percentage<Is>()... };
}
template<std::size_t N>
inline std::array<std::size_t, N> get_percentages( void ) noexcept {
return this->calculate_percentages( std::make_index_sequence<N>() );
/* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : Invalid arguments ' Candidates are: std::array calculate_percentages(std::integer_sequence) ' */
}
};
TEST( IntegerSequence, InvalidArgumentsError ) {
Sample test;
std::array<std::size_t, 5> data = test.get_percentages<5>();
for( int i = 0; i < 5; i++ ) {
std::cout << data[i] << std::endl;
}
}
int main( int argc, char ** argv ) {
testing::InitGoogleTest( &argc, argv );
return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
}
But the normal compilation succeeds without any problem.
My CDT GCC Built-in Compiler Settings in
Project Properties -> C/C++ General -> Preprocessor Include Paths, Macros etc. -> Providers is as follows:
${COMMAND} ${FLAGS} -E -P -v -dD -std=c++17 "${INPUTS}"
The same applies for CDT Cross GCC Built-in Compiler Settings.
Rebuilding the index does not helped in there.
The GCC version I am using:
gcc (Ubuntu 8.3.0-6ubuntu1) 8.3.0
Many thanks in advance to anyone willing to help...
The problem is caused by the fact that the standard library that comes with gcc 8 and newer uses a new compiler intrinsic called __integer_pack to implement std::make_integer_sequence (and related utilities like std::make_index_sequence).
Eclipse CDT's parser does not currently understand the __integer_pack intrinsic, and therefore it has trouble correctly parsing code that uses std::make_integer_sequence / std::make_index_sequence with these newer gcc versions.
I filed a CDT bug to track adding support for the __integer_pack intrinsic.
Meanwhile, a workaround you could employ is to use gcc 7 or older. If you need gcc 8 or newer to actually build your code, you could still tell Eclipse the look at the standard library headers of e.g. gcc 7 by replacing ${COMMAND} in the mentioned "built-in compiler settings" configuration with g++-7.
UPDATE: The Eclipse bug is now fixed, with the fix targeting CDT's 9.11 release (scheduled to be part Eclipse 2020-03).

Undefined behavior sanitizer suppression file: failed to parse suppressions

After compiling an application with clang 3.6 using -fsanitize=undefined,
I'm trying to start the instrumented program while using a suppression file to ignore some of the errors:
UBSAN_OPTIONS="suppressions=ubsan.supp" ./app.exe
The suppression file ubsan.supp contains:
signed-integer-overflow:example.c
This leads to an error message:
UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer: failed to parse suppressions
The same occurs with a gcc 4.9 build.
The only documentation I can find is http://clang.llvm.org/docs/UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer.html, which is for clang 3.9, while I use 3.6 (which doesn't have documentation for ubsan included).
Can anyone provide working examples for ubsan suppression files, that work in clang 3.6?
Edit: By browsing the source code of ubsan, I found that the only valid suppression type might be "vptr_check" - dunno which version I was looking at though.
Can anyone confirm that in clang 3.9 more suppression types are available?
I didn't spend the time to find out exactly which suppressions were available in clang-3.6, but it appears that in clang-3.7 only vptr_check is available as a suppression. Starting in clang-3.8, the suppressions list is defined to be the list of checks, plus vptr_check.
In clang-3.9 the checks available are:
"undefined"
"null"
"misaligned-pointer-use"
"alignment"
"object-size"
"signed-integer-overflow"
"unsigned-integer-overflow"
"integer-divide-by-zero"
"float-divide-by-zero"
"shift-base"
"shift-exponent"
"bounds"
"unreachable"
"return"
"vla-bound"
"float-cast-overflow"
"bool"
"enum"
"function"
"returns-nonnull-attribute"
"nonnull-attribute"
"vptr"
"cfi"
"vptr_check"
I'd tried it by creating three files, compile.sh, main.cpp and suppressions.supp as shown below. The unsigned-integer-overflow is not a part of undefined that's why it needs to be included specifically. This works on my machine with clang-3.9.
So, I'd guess more suppression types are valid in clang-3.9.
# compile.sh
set -x
UBSAN_OPTIONS=suppressions=suppressions.supp:print_stacktrace=1 #:help=1
export UBSAN_OPTIONS
clang++-3.9 -g -std=c++11 -fsanitize=undefined -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=unsigned-integer-overflow main.cpp
./a.out
// main.cpp
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <bits/stl_tree.h>
using namespace std;
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
unsigned int k = UINT_MAX;
k += 1;
return 0;
}
# suppressions.supp
unsigned-integer-overflow:main.cpp

win32-g++ error on for_each and lambda

I know this theme often turns up on stackoverflow, but the case here is different:
The following code compiles with MsVC++ 2013 but not with win32-g++. Is there any way of making it work with both compilers?
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
vector<int>my_vector;
for(int i=0; i < 6; i++)
my_vector.push_back(i);
for_each( my_vector.begin(), my_vector.end(), [ ](int n){cout<<n;});
return 0;
}
The errors reported are
||=== stdtest, Debug ===|
D:\dev\CplusPlus\stdtest\main.cpp||In function 'int main()':|
D:\dev\CplusPlus\stdtest\main.cpp|13|warning: lambda expressions only available with -std=c++11 or -std=gnu++11 [enabled by default]|
D:\dev\CplusPlus\stdtest\main.cpp|13|error: no matching function for call to 'for_each(std::vector<int>::iterator, std::vector<int>::iterator, main()::<lambda(int)>)'|
D:\dev\CplusPlus\stdtest\main.cpp|13|note: candidate is:|
c:\program files (x86)\codeblocks\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.7.1\include\c++\bits\stl_algo.h|4436|note: template<class _IIter, class _Funct> _Funct std::for_each(_IIter, _IIter, _Funct)|
D:\dev\CplusPlus\stdtest\main.cpp|13|error: template argument for 'template<class _IIter, class _Funct> _Funct std::for_each(_IIter, _IIter, _Funct)' uses local type 'main()::<lambda(int)>'|
D:\dev\CplusPlus\stdtest\main.cpp|13|error: trying to instantiate 'template<class _IIter, class _Funct> _Funct std::for_each(_IIter, _IIter, _Funct)'|
||=== Build finished: 3 errors, 1 warnings (0 minutes, 0 seconds) ===|
I should add that I am assuming that the C++11 standard is turned on because "enabled by default". In case I am wrong, I am having a hard time finding out how to change the compiler switches from Code::Blocks.
it turns out that I was misled by the statement that -sdd=C++11 was "enabled by default".
I ended up finding a way of turning it on with the Project > Build Options> compiler settings
and then I clicked on the checkbox "have g++ follow the c++11 ISO C++ language settings" checkbox.
For those who are working with QtCreator add the following line to the project file:
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11

Flex C++ VTable Error

I am using Flex and Bison to create a compiler. As I am trying to create an AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) for my program, I need to port it to C++. So far I have been successful, until a encountered a rather obscure error from my compiler:
Kraken.o: In function Kraken::FlexScanner::FlexScanner()':
Kraken.cc:(.text._ZN6Kraken11FlexScannerC2Ev[_ZN6Kraken11FlexScannerC5Ev]+0x26): undefined reference to vtable for Kraken::FlexScanner'
Kraken.o: In function Kraken::FlexScanner::~FlexScanner()':
Kraken.cc:(.text._ZN6Kraken11FlexScannerD2Ev[_ZN6Kraken11FlexScannerD5Ev]+0xb): undefined reference to vtable for Kraken::FlexScanner'
Here is all the relevant code:
Kraken.cc:
#include "KrakenScanner.hh"
#include "KrakenParser.hh"
int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
Kraken::Parser parser;
return parser.parse();
}
KrakenScanner.hh:
#ifndef KRAKENSCANNER_HH_
#define KRAKENSCANNER_HH_
#if ! defined(yyFlexLexerOnce)
#include <FlexLexer.h>
#endif
#undef YY_DECL
#define YY_DECL int Kraken::FlexScanner::yylex()
#include "parser.hh"
namespace Kraken {
class FlexScanner : public yyFlexLexer {
public:
int yylex(Kraken::BisonParser::semantic_type* lval);
private:
int yylex();
Kraken::BisonParser::semantic_type* yylval;
};
}
#endif /* KRAKENSCANNER_HH_ */
KrakenScanner.cc:
#include "KrakenScanner.hh"
int Kraken::FlexScanner::yylex(Kraken::BisonParser::semantic_type* lval) {
yylval = lval; return yylex();
}
Makefile:
OBJS := Kraken.o parser.o scanner.o KrakenScanner.o KrakenParser.o
%.cc: %.y
bison -o $(#:%.o=%.d) $<
%.cc: %.l
flex -o$(#:%.o=%.d) -i $<
all: $(OBJS)
g++ -okraken $(OBJS)
Kraken.o: Kraken.cc KrakenScanner.o KrakenParser.o
KrakenScanner.o: KrakenScanner.hh KrakenScanner.cc parser.o
parser.o: parser.hh parser.cc
parser.cc: parser.y
scanner.o: scanner.cc
scanner.cc: scanner.l
KrakenParser.o: KrakenParser.hh KrakenParser.cc KrakenScanner.o`
I don't know if this will help, but FlexLexer.h defines the classes FlexLexer and yyFlexLexer. FlexLexer declares just a virtual destructor, and yyFlexLexer defines both a constructor and destructor. Also, when I attempt to overload the constr. and destr. in Kraken.cc, I get an error saying that the two are "implicitly defined".
Try a clean rebuild (rm *.o) and recompile. The compiler is supposed to generate this stuff automatically. Some compilers have special non-portable magic to influence v-table linking, but I don't see anything like that in your code.
Also, I see in your makefile that you've written a rule for linking with g++, but you haven't written any rule for compilation. So make is using its built-in rules, which might by the C++ compiler provided by your OS, not g++.
Another thing is that makefile rules should put the primary source first. For example:
wrong:
KrakenScanner.o: KrakenScanner.hh KrakenScanner.cc parser.o
right:
KrakenScanner.o: KrakenScanner.cc KrakenScanner.hh
Finally, object files aren't used to build other object files, only during linking.
First off, that error message is from your linker, not your compiler. It looks like you aren't linking in KrakenScanner.o. It also helps to apply the name demangler for your compiler to your compiler/linker error output.
What compiler are you using?

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