linker unable to find __assert_fail - c++

Question

I'm trying to build a library that makes use of boost, and while the library compiles OK, it's hitting a weird linker error that I don't understand. I built and installed Boost 1.54 (also tried 1.52), which went fine.
It claims to not be able to find __assert_fail, which I think is part of the standard library. I tried to build everything in 64-bit. I'm on Fedora 16, using gcc 4.6.3
Any ideas?
make all-am
make[1]: Entering directory `/data/adrian/code/ext/mapper/cmappertools'
/bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link g++ -g -O2 -o libcmappertools.la -rpath /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages cmappertools.lo
libtool: link: g++ -fPIC -DPIC -shared -nostdlib /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.3/../../../../lib64/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.3/crtbeginS.o .libs/cmappertools.o -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.3 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.3/../../../../lib64 -L/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.3/../../.. -lstdc++ -lm -lc -lgcc_s /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.3/crtendS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.3/../../../../lib64/crtn.o -O2 -Wl,-soname -Wl,libcmappertools.so.0 -o .libs/libcmappertools.so.0.0.0
.libs/cmappertools.o: In function `condition_variable':
/usr/local/include/boost/thread/pthread/condition_variable_fwd.hpp:69: undefined reference to `__assert_fail'
/usr/local/include/boost/thread/pthread/condition_variable_fwd.hpp:69: undefined reference to `__assert_fail'
.libs/cmappertools.o: In function `~mutex':
/usr/local/include/boost/thread/pthread/mutex.hpp:108: undefined reference to `__assert_fail'
.libs/cmappertools.o: In function `condition_variable':
/usr/local/include/boost/thread/pthread/condition_variable_fwd.hpp:69: undefined reference to `__assert_fail'
.libs/cmappertools.o: In function `~mutex':
/usr/local/include/boost/thread/pthread/mutex.hpp:108: undefined reference to `__assert_fail'
.libs/cmappertools.o:/usr/local/include/boost/smart_ptr/shared_array.hpp:194: more undefined references to `__assert_fail' follow
/usr/local/bin/ld: .libs/libcmappertools.so.0.0.0: hidden symbol `__assert_fail' isn't defined
/usr/local/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [libcmappertools.la] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/adrian/code/ext/mapper/cmappertools'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Answer 1

several years later, on different Fedora (29), later version of boost, gcc, etc.etc. I ran into the same problem.
Led more by intuition than understanding I got rid of gcc visibility pragmas
(i.e. I commented out all the:
#pragma GCC visibility push({whatever})
...
#pragma GCC visibility pop)
and that did the trick - it compiled, linked and run successfully.

Answer 2

As Tarni mentioned,
hidden symbol `__assert_fail' isn't defined
is indeed caused by #pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
However, if you absolutely need to hide some function that calls assert macro, you should include before hiding any symbols, e.g.
// Wrong place to hide
// #pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
#include <assert.h>
// Right place to hide
#pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
void fatal_debug(int foo, int bar){
assert(foo == bar);
}
#pragma GCC visibility pop