3. after apparently successful bootstrap, type
    b2 -a -d+2 -q --prefix=c:\users\amwink\usr\local --build-type=complete --build-dir=build toolset=gcc link=shared runtime-link=shared

The output is below. So the commands cl.exe and ml.exe, which are not in mingw but can be used from the masm32 package are found, but their output is not recognised (as I understand)

Is that correct? Would there be a way around this other than installing VC++?

Many thanks
Alle Meije

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Building modular-boost on windows with masm32?
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-07-02 02:38:22

strange - the make_i386_ms_pe_masm.o is in MS PE binary format but mingw
(g++) does not recognize it.
The regression tests at
http://www.boost.org/development/tests/master/developer/coroutine.html pass
with mingw-4.8.2.
Do you use the code from branch master?
Maybe it is an issue of mingw-4.8.1?