Boost::filesystem::directory_iterator causes linker error after upgrade to v1.78.0

I want to use boost::filesystem in my project, and until recently this was possible (v1.65.1). A few days ago, I had to upgrade my boost installation to 1.78.0 and followed the instructions on the site to build the library from source. I executed the following lines:

wget https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.78.0/source/boost_1_78_0.tar.gz

tar xzvf boost_1_78_0.tar.gz

cd boost_1_78_0/

./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/

./b2

sudo ./b2 install

The test code from boost utilizes boost's filesystem functions. Compilation is fine, but the linker throws an error (see below).

Code

#include <iostream>
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>

using std::cout;
using namespace boost::filesystem;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    if (argc < 2)
    {
        cout << "Usage: tut3 path\n";
        return 1;
    }

    path p(argv[1]);

    try
    {
        if (exists(p))
        {
            if (is_regular_file(p))
            {
                cout << p << " size is " << file_size(p) << '\n';
            }
            else if (is_directory(p))
            {
                cout << p << " is a directory containing:\n";

                for (directory_entry const& x : directory_iterator(p))
                    cout << "    " << x.path() << '\n';
            }
            else
                cout << p << " exists, but is not a regular file or directory\n";
        }
        else
            cout << p << " does not exist\n";
    }
    catch (filesystem_error& ex)
    {
        cout << ex.what() << '\n';
    }

    return 0;
}

Compilation and linker commands (generated by eclipse)

g++ -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -MMD -MP -MF"src/main.d" -MT"src/main.d" -o "src/main.o" "../src/main.cpp"
g++  -o "test"  ./src/main.o   -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem

Error

./src/main.o: In function »boost::filesystem::directory_iterator::directory_iterator(boost::filesystem::path const&, boost::filesystem::directory_options)«:
/usr/include/boost/filesystem/directory.hpp:326: Warning: undefined reference to »boost::filesystem::detail::directory_iterator_construct(boost::filesystem::directory_iterator&, boost::filesystem::path const&, unsigned int, boost::system::error_code*)«
makefile:45: recipe for target 'test' failed
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [test] Error 1
"make all" terminated with exit code 2. Build might be incomplete.

If I remove the line containing the boost::filesystem::directory_iterator the linking works. I am not sure how to fix this. I initially thought that the old version of boost might interfere, as it still resides within /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_filesystem.so.1.65.1, but when checking the version included in the file, it shows the newer version.

What is happening here?

SOLUTION

In the end, I removed both the original installation as well as the new version and reinstalled the packet under /usr/local. A quick walkthrough to help somebody encountering the same problem:

// remove the dirs under <prefix>/lib/libboost* and <prefix>/include/boost* first
sudo apt purge -y libboost-all-dev libboost*
sudo apt autoremove

// then either install the package via the manager or copy the sources to /usr/local/ or another suitable place
sudo apt install libboost-all-dev    // option with aptitude