I solved the problem http://shieldroute.blogspot.se/2012/08/extending-ns3-with-your-module-and.html

However, I am still unsure if the behaviour described above and in http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/HOWTO_use_ns-3_with_other_libraries is correct. According to the wiki it should be sufficient to add the LINKFLAG but that only compiles individual object with the flag it do not link module with libraries. Which it should?

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> I solved the problem
> http://shieldroute.blogspot.se/2012/08/extending-ns3-with-your-module-and.html
> 
> However, I am still unsure if the behaviour described above and in
> http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/HOWTO_use_ns-3_with_other_libraries is
> correct. According to the wiki it should be sufficient to add the LINKFLAG but
> that only compiles individual object with the flag it do not link module with
> libraries. Which it should?

Laurynas, sorry this was a headache for you.  We'll look at waf changes and update the documentation; in the meantime, I edited the wiki to point new readers to your blog post until things are fixed.

Marking down severity; will update documentation along these lines:


================================
While before this would work, 

   module.env['LINKFLAGS'] = '-lfoo'

Now you have to do this:

def configure(conf):
    conf.env['LINKFLAGS_FOO'] = '-lfoo'
...
def build(bld):
   ...
  module = bld.create_ns3_module(...)
   # say we need to "use" the FOO library
   module.use.append('FOO') 

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wscript file from ns-3.18 main directory

wscript file from ns-3.18 main directory

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wscript file from ns-3.18/src/lte directory

wscript file from ns-3.18/src/lte directory

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lena-simple.cc in ns-3.18/src/lte/examples directory

lena-simple.cc in ns-3.18/src/lte/examples directory.

This is the main file that contains code to boost serialization library

Hi Tom,

I am trying to compile ns-3.18 with boost serialization library. I followed your instructions in last comment and did following. I made changes in wscript file in ns3.18 main directory by inserting lines below.

conf.env['LINKFLAGS_BOOST_SERIALIZATION'] = '-lboost_serialization'
env.append_value('LINKFLAGS', '-lboost_serialization')

I also modified wscript file in ns-3.18/src/lte directory and added these lines at 
 module.use.extend(['BOOST_SERIALIZATION'])
 module_test.use.extend(['BOOST_SERIALIZATION'])

The code for boost serilization library is in ns-3.18/src/lte/examples/lena-simple.cc

I have also attached all the three files so you can reproduce the problem on a fresh ns-3.18 repository.

Any help from you will be much appreciated.

Regards,
Rohit
P.S. Here is an excerpt of error from build system
usr/include/boost/archive/basic_text_iprimitive.hpp:93: undefined reference to `boost::archive::archive_exception::archive_exception(boost::archive::archive_exception::exception_code, char const*, char const*)'
/usr/include/boost/archive/basic_text_iprimitive.hpp:93: undefined reference to `boost::archive::archive_exception::~archive_exception()'
/usr/include/boost/archive/basic_text_iprimitive.hpp:93: undefined reference to `boost::archive::archive_exception::~archive_exception()'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Waf: Leaving directory `/home/user/Downloads/TestBoostBuild/ns-allinone-3.18/ns-3.18/build'
Build failed
 -> task in 'lena-simple' failed (exit status 1): 
	{task 33965072: cxxprogram lena-simple.cc.10.o -> ns3.18-lena-simple-debug}
['/usr/bin/g++', '-lboost_serialization', '-pthread', '-pthread', '-lboost_serialization', 'src/lte/examples/lena-simple.cc.10.o', '-o', '/home/user/Downloads/TestBoostBuild/ns-allinone-3.18/ns-3.18/build/src/lte/examples/ns3.18-lena-simple-debug', '-Wl,-Bstatic', '-Wl,-Bdynamic', '-Wl,--no-as-needed', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-lns3.18-lte-debug', '-lns3.18-spectrum-debug', '-lns3.18-csma-debug', '-lns3.18-applications-debug', '-lns3.18-virtual-net-device-debug', '-lns3.18-internet-debug', '-lns3.18-bridge-debug', '-lns3.18-point-to-point-debug', '-lns3.18-mpi-debug', '-lns3.18-buildings-debug', '-lns3.18-propagation-debug', '-lns3.18-mobility-debug', '-lns3.18-config-store-debug', '-lns3.18-network-debug', '-lns3.18-stats-debug', '-lns3.18-antenna-debug', '-lns3.18-core-debug', '-lrt', '-lsqlite3', '-lgtk-x11-2.0', '-lgdk-x11-2.0', '-latk-1.0', '-lgio-2.0', '-lpangoft2-1.0', '-lpangocairo-1.0', '-lgdk_pixbuf-2.0', '-lcairo', '-lpango-1.0', '-lfreetype', '-lfontconfig', '-lgobject-2.0', '-lglib-2.0', '-lxml2']

Hi there,

Okay now I found the problem, but still someone needs to help me with the solution.

Looking at the log when build fails, this is what happens.

Build failed
 -> task in 'lena-simple' failed (exit status 1): 
    {task 33965072: cxxprogram lena-simple.cc.10.o -> ns3.18-lena-simple-debug}
['/usr/bin/g++', '-lboost_serialization', '-pthread', '-pthread',
'-lboost_serialization', 'src/lte/examples/lena-simple.cc.10.o', '-o',
'/home/user/Downloads/TestBoostBuild/ns-allinone-3.18/ns-3.18/build/src/lte/examples/ns3.18-lena-simple-debug',
'-Wl,-Bstatic', '-Wl,-Bdynamic', '-Wl,--no-as-needed', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.',
'-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.',
'-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-lns3.18-lte-debug', '-lns3.18-spectrum-debug',
'-lns3.18-csma-debug', '-lns3.18-applications-debug',
'-lns3.18-virtual-net-device-debug', '-lns3.18-internet-debug',
'-lns3.18-bridge-debug', '-lns3.18-point-to-point-debug', '-lns3.18-mpi-debug',
'-lns3.18-buildings-debug', '-lns3.18-propagation-debug',
'-lns3.18-mobility-debug', '-lns3.18-config-store-debug',
'-lns3.18-network-debug', '-lns3.18-stats-debug', '-lns3.18-antenna-debug',
'-lns3.18-core-debug', '-lrt', '-lsqlite3', '-lgtk-x11-2.0', '-lgdk-x11-2.0',
'-latk-1.0', '-lgio-2.0', '-lpangoft2-1.0', '-lpangocairo-1.0',
'-lgdk_pixbuf-2.0', '-lcairo', '-lpango-1.0', '-lfreetype', '-lfontconfig',
'-lgobject-2.0', '-lglib-2.0', '-lxml2']

It is strange that even though I have included -lboost_serialization, g++ complains that it cant find boost libraries.

However, if I add '-lboost_serialization' at the end of the list, the compilation works fine if I compile manually!!!
So, if I do something like,

['/usr/bin/g++',  '-pthread', '-pthread',
'-lboost_serialization', 'src/lte/examples/lena-simple.cc.10.o', '-o',
'/home/user/Downloads/TestBoostBuild/ns-allinone-3.18/ns-3.18/build/src/lte/examples/ns3.18-lena-simple-debug',
'-Wl,-Bstatic', '-Wl,-Bdynamic', '-Wl,--no-as-needed', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.',
'-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-L.',
'-L.', '-L.', '-L.', '-lns3.18-lte-debug', '-lns3.18-spectrum-debug',
'-lns3.18-csma-debug', '-lns3.18-applications-debug',
'-lns3.18-virtual-net-device-debug', '-lns3.18-internet-debug',
'-lns3.18-bridge-debug', '-lns3.18-point-to-point-debug', '-lns3.18-mpi-debug',
'-lns3.18-buildings-debug', '-lns3.18-propagation-debug',
'-lns3.18-mobility-debug', '-lns3.18-config-store-debug',
'-lns3.18-network-debug', '-lns3.18-stats-debug', '-lns3.18-antenna-debug',
'-lns3.18-core-debug', '-lrt', '-lsqlite3', '-lgtk-x11-2.0', '-lgdk-x11-2.0',
'-latk-1.0', '-lgio-2.0', '-lpangoft2-1.0', '-lpangocairo-1.0',
'-lgdk_pixbuf-2.0', '-lcairo', '-lpango-1.0', '-lfreetype', '-lfontconfig',
'-lgobject-2.0', '-lglib-2.0', '-lxml2','-lboost_serialization',]


Any help on how I add '-boost_serialization' at the end of list of link flags??

Regards,
Rohit

Is this a documentation bug?  or build-system?