Daniel Goller wrote: are there any problems with boost serialization including linker errors or does this indicate a broken install i have heard of problems with boost serialization but do not know which they might be before running off in the wrong direction i figured i would gather information here to solve this: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78043 problem any help on this will be appreciated Daniel The current state of the boost serialization library in different of compiler/library/os combinations is best appreciated by reviewing our current test matrix: http://www.meta-comm.com/engineering/boost-regression/developer/serializatio n.html Most problems, including the one referred to above, seem to be related build issues such as compile and linking switches. The bjam system minimizes these in our test environment. I would suggest building the libraries with bjam to address the above issues. the build process will also display the actual command used for building and linking which can be compared to one's own setup. Good Luck Robert Ramey