games/wesnoth: How to cope with "invalid DSO for symbol `_ZN5boost6system15system_categoryEv'"

[Michael Gmelin]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:34:11 +0100
Torsten Zuehlsdorff <mailinglists at toco-domains.de> wrote:

> On 13.01.2015 22:04, Bryan Drewery wrote:
> > On 1/9/2015 5:18 AM, Torsten Zuehlsdorff wrote:
> >> [  3%] mo-update [wesnoth-dw-ar]: Creating mo file.
> >> /usr/bin/ld: g: invalid DSO for symbol
> >> `_ZN5boost6system15system_categoryEv' definition
> >> /usr/local/lib/libboost_system.so.1.55.0: could not read symbols:
> >> Bad value c++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use
> >> -v to see invocation)
> >> --- cutter ---
> >
> > Usually this means -lboost_system is missing from the linker line.
> > Recent binutils in recent FreeBSD head has been patched to be more
> > clear about it.
> 
> As you can see from the output of "pkg info" i have the most recent 
> binutils installed. At an FreeBSD 10.1 - also the most recent
> released version.
> 
> Therefore i don't understand your comment. Can you explain it
> further? Whats your advice? Remove this line because it should work?
> Or keep the line for compatibility reasons?
> 

Basically it comes down to this (too lazy to search for a better
source/explanation):

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UnderstandingDSOLinkChange


-- 
Michael Gmelin