Hi, I wonder if the latest svn version is missing some inline definitions. If I have two translation units: #include <seqan.h> int main( int argc, char * argv [] ) { return 0; } and #include <seqan.h> which I compile and link into an executable I get multiple definition errors: gcc.compile.c++ bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_1.o "/home/john/src/stlfilt/gfilt" -ftemplate-depth-128 -Wno-deprecated -Wno-unused -Wno-error -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall -fPIC -Wno-deprecated -Wno-unused -DBOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION=3 -DBOOST_SYSTEM_DYN_LINK=1 -DMS_HAS_VALGRIND -DMYRRH_DISABLE_ASSERTS -DNDEBUG -DPVAL_LOOKUP -DSEQAN_ENABLE_DEBUG=0 -DSEQAN_ENABLE_TESTING=0 -DUSING_GOOGLE_PROFILER -I"." -I"/home/john/Dev/STEME/c++/hmm" -I"/home/john/Dev/STEME/c++/myrrh" -I"/home/john/Dev/myrrh" -I"/home/john/src/boost/boost_1_51_0" -I"/home/john/src/boost/indexing_suite_v2" -I"/home/john/src/seqan/new-trunk/trunk/core/include" -I"/home/john/src/seqan/new-trunk/trunk/extras/include" -I"/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/core/include" -I"include" -c -o "bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_1.o" "sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_1.cpp" gcc.compile.c++ bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_2.o "/home/john/src/stlfilt/gfilt" -ftemplate-depth-128 -Wno-deprecated -Wno-unused -Wno-error -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall -fPIC -Wno-deprecated -Wno-unused -DBOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION=3 -DBOOST_SYSTEM_DYN_LINK=1 -DMS_HAS_VALGRIND -DMYRRH_DISABLE_ASSERTS -DNDEBUG -DPVAL_LOOKUP -DSEQAN_ENABLE_DEBUG=0 -DSEQAN_ENABLE_TESTING=0 -DUSING_GOOGLE_PROFILER -I"." -I"/home/john/Dev/STEME/c++/hmm" -I"/home/john/Dev/STEME/c++/myrrh" -I"/home/john/Dev/myrrh" -I"/home/john/src/boost/boost_1_51_0" -I"/home/john/src/boost/indexing_suite_v2" -I"/home/john/src/seqan/new-trunk/trunk/core/include" -I"/home/john/src/seqan/new-trunk/trunk/extras/include" -I"/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/core/include" -I"include" -c -o "bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_2.o" "sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_2.cpp" gcc.link bin/gcc-4.6/release/seqan_multiple_defs "/home/john/src/stlfilt/gfilt" -Wl,-R -Wl,"/home/john/src/boost/boost_1_51_0/bin.v2/libs/regex/build/gcc-4.6/release" -Wl,-R -Wl,"/home/john/src/boost/boost_1_51_0/bin.v2/libs/system/build/gcc-4.6/release" -Wl,-rpath-link -Wl,"/home/john/src/boost/boost_1_51_0/bin.v2/libs/regex/build/gcc-4.6/release" -Wl,-rpath-link -Wl,"/home/john/src/boost/boost_1_51_0/bin.v2/libs/system/build/gcc-4.6/release" -o "bin/gcc-4.6/release/seqan_multiple_defs" -Wl,--start-group "bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_1.o" "bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_2.o" "/home/john/src/boost/boost_1_51_0/bin.v2/libs/regex/build/gcc-4.6/release/libboost_regex.so.1.51.0" "/home/john/src/boost/boost_1_51_0/bin.v2/libs/system/build/gcc-4.6/release/libboost_system.so.1.51.0" -Wl,-Bstatic -Wl,-Bdynamic -lprofiler -lrt -Wl,--end-group bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_2.o: In function `seqan::ManToolDocPrinter_::print(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, seqan::ToolDoc const&)': translation_unit_2.cpp:(.text+0x820): multiple definition of `seqan::ManToolDocPrinter_::print(ostream &, seqan::ToolDoc const &)' bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_1.o:translation_unit_1.cpp:(.text+0x820): first defined here bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_2.o: In function `seqan::_indent(int)': translation_unit_2.cpp:(.text+0xcb0): multiple definition of `seqan::_indent(int)' bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_1.o:translation_unit_1.cpp:(.text+0xcb0): first defined here bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_2.o: In function `seqan::_writeCLIElement(std::basic_ofstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, int, std::basic_string<char, std::char_trait s<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, bool)': translation_unit_2.cpp:(.text+0xd20): multiple definition of `seqan::_writeCLIElement(ofstream &, int, string const &, string const &, bool)' bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_1.o:translation_unit_1.cpp:(.text+0xd20): first defined here bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_2.o: In function `seqan::_addUsage(seqan::ToolDoc&, seqan::ArgumentParser const&)': translation_unit_2.cpp:(.text+0x1020): multiple definition of `seqan::_addUsage(seqan::ToolDoc &, seqan::ArgumentParser const &)' bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_1.o:translation_unit_1.cpp:(.text+0x1020): first defined here bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_2.o: In function `seqan::TextToolDocPrinter_::print(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, seqan::ToolDoc const&)': translation_unit_2.cpp:(.text+0x1490): multiple definition of `seqan::TextToolDocPrinter_::print(ostream &, seqan::ToolDoc const &)' bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_1.o:translation_unit_1.cpp:(.text+0x1490): first defined here bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_2.o: In function `seqan::HtmlToolDocPrinter_::print(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, seqan::ToolDoc const&)': translation_unit_2.cpp:(.text+0x1b10): multiple definition of `seqan::HtmlToolDocPrinter_::print(ostream &, seqan::ToolDoc const &)' bin/gcc-4.6/release/sandbox/multiple_defs/translation_unit_1.o:translation_unit_1.cpp:(.text+0x1b10): first defined here collect2: ld returned 1 exit status ...failed updating 1 target... I'm using gcc 4.6.3 with seqan trunk revision 13539. Regards, John.