Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5769: fstream.hpp facilities not usable for paths containing characters outside of the current Windows ("ANSI") code page on GCC (mingw/mingw-w64)

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5769: fstream.hpp facilities not usable for paths containing characters outside of the current Windows ("ANSI") code page on GCC (mingw/mingw-w64)
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-10-06 07:58:24

#5769: fstream.hpp facilities not usable for paths containing characters outside
of the current Windows ("ANSI") code page on GCC (mingw/mingw-w64)
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  Reporter:  sam@…             |      Owner:  Beman Dawes
      Type:  Bugs              |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  To Be Determined  |  Component:  filesystem
   Version:  Boost 1.46.1      |   Severity:  Problem
Resolution:                    |   Keywords:
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Comment (by anonymous):

 There is a GPL library that has solved the problem:
 https://www.guelkerdev.de/projects/pathie. Would it be possible to use
 their trick (make use of __gnu_cxx::stdio_filebuf extension) or otherwise
 mark Boost and/or Boost Filesystem as not really supporting MinGW?!
 Please! Otherwise many MinGW programmers could believe (like me) that
 Boost Filesystem solves their file opening problem which it doesn't!!!

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac10/boost/ticket/5769#comment:7>
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