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Undefined reference errors Allegro 5
Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006

I've been trying to compile a project using Allegro 5 but getting "undefined reference to __cxa_guard_acquire" and "undefined reference to __cxa_guard_release" errors. I am using the allegro binaries from here: https://bitbucket.org/bugsquasher/unofficial-allegro-5-binaries/downloads/Allegro525_GCC81_MinGW_W64_i686_posix_dwarf.7z

and mingw gcc version 8.1.0 (i686-posix-dwarf-rev0, Built by MinGW-W64 project)

using codeblocks. Any ideas?

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Mark Oates
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March 2001
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Bob Keane said:

Any ideas?

Hate to give the obvious danky allegro.cc answer but, don't use codeblocks. 🤷‍♂️

I'm actually curious, though, what features specifically do you like about CodeBlocks?

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Edgar Reynaldo
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Bob Keane
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June 2006

I've only tried one or two ides and settled with codeblocks. There is no specific reason I use it. The output from gcc -v is_

Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=C:/MINGW/i686-8.1.0-release-posix-dwarf-rt_v6-rev0/mingw32/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/8.1.0/lto-wrapper.exe
Target: i686-w64-mingw32
Configured with: ../../../src/gcc-8.1.0/configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --build=i686-w64-mingw32 --target=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/mingw32 --with-sysroot=/c/mingw810/i686-810-posix-dwarf-rt_v6-rev0/mingw32 --enable-shared --enable-static --disable-multilib --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,lto --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-threads=posix --enable-libgomp --enable-libatomic --enable-lto --enable-graphite --enable-checking=release --enable-fully-dynamic-string --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --disable-sjlj-exceptions --with-dwarf2 --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-bootstrap --disable-rpath --disable-win32-registry --disable-nls --disable-werror --disable-symvers --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --with-arch=i686 --with-tune=generic --with-libiconv --with-system-zlib --with-gmp=/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-w64-mingw32-static --with-mpfr=/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-w64-mingw32-static --with-mpc=/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-w64-mingw32-static --with-isl=/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-w64-mingw32-static --with-pkgversion='i686-posix-dwarf-rev0, Built by MinGW-W64 project' --with-bugurl=https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64 CFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -fno-ident -I/c/mingw810/i686-810-posix-dwarf-rt_v6-rev0/mingw32/opt/include -I/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-zlib-static/include -I/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-w64-mingw32-static/include' CXXFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -fno-ident -I/c/mingw810/i686-810-posix-dwarf-rt_v6-rev0/mingw32/opt/include -I/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-zlib-static/include -I/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-w64-mingw32-static/include' CPPFLAGS=' -I/c/mingw810/i686-810-posix-dwarf-rt_v6-rev0/mingw32/opt/include -I/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-zlib-static/include -I/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-w64-mingw32-static/include' LDFLAGS='-pipe -fno-ident -L/c/mingw810/i686-810-posix-dwarf-rt_v6-rev0/mingw32/opt/lib -L/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-zlib-static/lib -L/c/mingw810/prerequisites/i686-w64-mingw32-static/lib -Wl,--large-address-aware'
Thread model: posix
gcc version 8.1.0 (i686-posix-dwarf-rev0, Built by MinGW-W64 project)

I'm coding in C, is Allegro only C++ on Windows? That would limit its usability in my opinion. If the problem is the compiler, do you have a link to the correct one? There are several on the download page.

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Edgar Reynaldo
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Bob Keane
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After playing with it a bit, I coded it in C++. The error is gone. Should I hate MINGW or Microsoft for forcing me to learn a new language?

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DanielH
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January 2001
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Don't need to learn a new language. Stick to C. Just compile in C++.

However, it never hurts to expand your knowledge.

Bob Keane
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June 2006

Unless it's my compiler, C++ seems stricter. I had a warning in some code when using the C compiler but it was an error for the C++ compiler.

DanielH said:

However, it never hurts to expand your knowledge.

You kids with your fancy new languages. What's wrong with BASIC?

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