Re: [boost] [thread] Build failures in develop

Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] Build failures in develop
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-09-30 14:34:56

On Tuesday 30 September 2014 09:27:18 Marcel Raad wrote:
> Niall Douglas <s_sourceforge <at> nedprod.com> writes:
> > On 30 Sep 2014 at 11:23, Andrey Semashev wrote:
> > > Boost.Thread currently fails to build on MSVC, which affects other
> > 
> > > libraries:
> > Looks like it came from the WinRT patch and only occurs if
> > BOOST_USE_WINDOWS_H is turned on.
> 
> CREATE_EVENT_MANUAL_RESET and CREATE_EVENT_INITIAL_SET are only defined for
> (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0600) in the Windows SDK.
> 
> As they are only used in a
> (BOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION >= BOOST_WINAPI_VERSION_VISTA) block and
> boost::detail::win32::CreateEventExW is only defined in such a block, the
> defines should probably be guarded by that too.

As far as I can see these macros are unconditionally defined in SDK v6.0A and 
not defined in v5.0. Apparently, MinGW also doesn't have them. So it's better 
to just always use numeric constants.

https://github.com/boostorg/thread/pull/26