Re: [boost] [context] build and warning fixes for gcc on Windows

Subject: Re: [boost] [context] build and warning fixes for gcc on Windows
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-16 04:17:04

Am 15.06.2012 18:24, schrieb news.gmane.org:
> Any thoughts on the build failure though? Just to clarify: I'm using
> Cygwin's x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ GCC and MASM from VS2010. My
> user-config.jam has:
>
> using gcc : 4.5 : c:\\cygwin\\bin\\x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ ;
>
> Then compiling with bjam --toolset=gcc from a VS2010 x64 environment:
>
> Performing configuration checks
>
>      - 32-bit                   : no
>      - 64-bit                   : yes
>      - x86                      : yes
> ...patience...
> ...found 374 targets...
> ...updating 7 targets...
> Jamfile</D:/dev/checkouts/boost-trunk/libs/context/build>.masm64
> ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\address-model-64\architecture-x86\asm\fcontext_x86_64_ms_pe_masm.o
>   Assembling: ..\..\..\libs\context\src\asm\fcontext_x86_64_ms_pe_masm.asm
> Microsoft (R) Macro Assembler (x64) Version 10.00.40219.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> gcc.compile.c++
> ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\fcontext.o
> gcc.compile.c++ ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\seh.o
> ..\..\..\libs\context\src\seh.cpp: In function ÔÇÿconst char*
> exception_description(const _EXCEPTION_RECORD*, char*, size_t):
> ..\..\..\libs\context\src\seh.cpp:36:82: warning: format %p expects type
> void*, but argument 5 has type ULONG_PTR
> gcc.compile.c++
> ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\stack_allocator_windows.o
> gcc.compile.c++
> ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\stack_utils_windows.o
> gcc.link.dll
> ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\libboost_context-mgw45-d-1_50.dll.a
> collect2: ld terminated with signal 6 [Aborted], core dumped
> Warning: .drectve `/EXPORT:jump_fcontext /EXPORT:make_fcontext 3'
> unrecognized
>
>      "c:\cygwin\bin\x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++"
> "-Wl,--out-implib,..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\libboost_context-mgw45-d-1_50.dll.a"
> -o
> "..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\libboost_context-mgw45-d-1_50.dll"
>   -shared -Wl,--start-group
> "..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\address-model-64\architecture-x86\asm\fcontext_x86_64_ms_pe_masm.o"
> "..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\fcontext.o"
> "..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\seh.o"
> "..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\stack_allocator_windows.o"
> "..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\stack_utils_windows.o"
>   -Wl,-Bstatic  -Wl,-Bdynamic  -Wl,--end-group -g
>
> ...failed gcc.link.dll
> ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\libboost_context-mgw45-d-1_50.dll.a
> ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\context\build\gcc-mingw-4.5\debug\libboost_context-mgw45-d-1_50.dll...MS Win64 object format
> ...failed updating 2 targets...
> ...updated 5 targets...
>

maybe the cygwin-linker doesn't like object files in MS Win64 object 
format (generated by ml64).
are you sure that you compile for 64bit (as MASM64 does)?

Oliver