Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7262: Boost.Context fails to build using MinGW

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7262: Boost.Context fails to build using MinGW
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-11-11 20:34:13


#7262: Boost.Context fails to build using MinGW
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  Reporter: anonymous | Owner: olli
      Type: Bugs | Status: closed
 Milestone: To Be Determined | Component: context
   Version: Boost 1.51.0 | Severity: Not Applicable
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords: context mingw
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Comment (by slowriot <riot@…>):

 I've just encountered this issue, and having spent all evening battling
 with it, I wanted to post to say '''there is a solution'''.

 The problem is that MASM 6 generates EXPORT symbols in the binary which
 MinGW's binutils cannot parse.

 '''The solution is simply to use MASM 8.''' You can get this from
 Microsoft's site (I can't post a link or this will get flagged as spam) -
 it does bitch about needing to have Visual C installed but you can just
 bypass this by manually extracting the nested contents with WinRAR or a
 similar tool, and renaming the resulting file to ml.exe.

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