below is what I execute
D:\Just4Fun\software\>make -f Makefile.hands stest
g++.exe -g -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601 -ID:\Boost\boost_1_51_0 -LD:\Boost\boost_1_51_0\stage\lib -LD:\MinGW\lib -lboost_system-mgw46-d-1_51 -lboost_filesystem-mgw46-d-1_51 -lboost_iostreams-mgw46-d-1_51 -lws2_32 -lwsock32 -o TestSerial.exe TestSerial.cpp
below is the result of that
C:\Users\oleg\AppData\Local\Temp\ccXpC7RG.o: In function 'ZN5boost4asio6detail17winsock_init_base7startupERNS2_4dataEhh':
D:/Boost/boost_1_51_0/boost/asio/detail/impl/winsock_init.ipp:39: undefined reference to 'WSAStartup@8'C:\Users\oleg\AppData\Local\Temp\ccXpC7RG.o: In function 'ZN5boost4asio6detail17winsock_init_base7cleanupERNS2_4dataE':
D:/Boost/boost_1_51_0/boost/asio/detail/impl/winsock_init.ipp:48: undefined reference to 'WSACleanup@0'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [stest] Error 1
Below is result of checking libraries regarding to mentioned symobls (I failed to format it in appropriate way)
`d:\MinGW\lib>nm -C libws2_32.a | grep WSAStartup
00000000 T WSAStartup@8
00000000 I imp_WSAStartup@8
d:\MinGW\lib>nm -C libws2_32.a | grep WSACleanup
00000000 T WSACleanup@0
00000000 I imp_WSACleanup@0
d:\MinGW\lib>nm -C libwsock32.a | grep WSACleanup
00000000 T WSACleanup@0
00000000 I imp_WSACleanup@0
d:\MinGW\lib>nm -C libwsock32.a | grep WSAStartup
00000000 T WSAStartup@8
00000000 I imp_WSAStartup@8`
As wee see symbols are existing in the libraries and libraries are on the place referred by the corresponding -L command line options.
So, why "undefined refernce"????