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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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7262#comment:21>
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