[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9305: Errors when building Boost with MinGW

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9305: Errors when building Boost with MinGW
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-25 23:05:31

#9305: Errors when building Boost with MinGW
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 Reporter:  Ben Key <BKey76@…>  |       Type:  Bugs
   Status:  new                 |  Milestone:  Boost 1.55.0
Component:  Building Boost      |    Version:  Boost Development Trunk
 Severity:  Problem             |   Keywords:
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 When building the latest Boost SVN with MinGW I am getting the following
 errors.

 ./boost/detail/winapi/thread_pool.hpp: At global scope:
 ./boost/detail/winapi/thread_pool.hpp:30:9: error:
 '::RegisterWaitForSingleObjectEx' has not been declared
  using ::RegisterWaitForSingleObjectEx;

 ./boost/sync/detail/waitable_timer.hpp: In member function 'void
 boost::sync::detail::windows::waitable_timer_state::init()':
 ./boost/sync/detail/waitable_timer.hpp:169:26: error: 'OpenSemaphoreA' is
 not a member of 'boost::detail::winapi'
          tls_key_holder = boost::detail::winapi::OpenSemaphoreA

 The solution to the OpenSemaphoreA error is to simply add the following
 line to boost\detail\winapi\synchronization.hpp.
     using ::OpenSemaphoreA;

 I added it immediately after the "using ::CreateSemaphoreA;" line.

 The solution to the RegisterWaitForSingleObjectEx error is a little more
 complicated. There is a bug in the mingw-w64 version of winbase.h. It does
 not define RegisterWaitForSingleObjectEx. The solution is to replace the
 "using ::RegisterWaitForSingleObjectEx;" line with the following,

 #if defined(__MINGW32__)
 /* Work around a bug in the mingw-w64 version of winbase.h which does not
 define RegisterWaitForSingleObjectEx */
 WINBASEAPI HANDLE WINAPI
 RegisterWaitForSingleObjectEx(HANDLE,WAITORTIMERCALLBACK,PVOID,ULONG,ULONG);
 #else
 using ::RegisterWaitForSingleObjectEx;
 #endif


 The following patch resolves these issues and an issue with the bootstrap
 process I reported earlier,

 Index: boost/detail/winapi/synchronization.hpp
 ===================================================================
 --- boost/detail/winapi/synchronization.hpp     (revision 86431)
 +++ boost/detail/winapi/synchronization.hpp     (working copy)
 @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
      using ::CreateEventA;
      using ::OpenEventA;
      using ::CreateSemaphoreA;
 +    using ::OpenSemaphoreA;
  # endif
      using ::ReleaseMutex;
      using ::ReleaseSemaphore;
 Index: boost/detail/winapi/thread_pool.hpp
 ===================================================================
 --- boost/detail/winapi/thread_pool.hpp (revision 86431)
 +++ boost/detail/winapi/thread_pool.hpp (working copy)
 @@ -27,7 +27,12 @@
  typedef ::WAITORTIMERCALLBACK WAITORTIMERCALLBACK_;

  using ::RegisterWaitForSingleObject;
 +#if defined(__MINGW32__)
 +/* Work around a bug in the mingw-w64 version of winbase.h which does not
 define RegisterWaitForSingleObjectEx */
 +WINBASEAPI HANDLE WINAPI
 RegisterWaitForSingleObjectEx(HANDLE,WAITORTIMERCALLBACK,PVOID,ULONG,ULONG);
 +#else
  using ::RegisterWaitForSingleObjectEx;
 +#endif
  using ::UnregisterWait;
  using ::UnregisterWaitEx;

 Index: tools/build/v2/engine/builtins.c
 ===================================================================
 --- tools/build/v2/engine/builtins.c    (revision 86431)
 +++ tools/build/v2/engine/builtins.c    (working copy)
 @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@

  #ifdef OS_NT
  #include <windows.h>
 +#include <winioctl.h>
  #endif

  #if defined(USE_EXECUNIX)

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9305>
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