Re: [Boost-Users] boost::thread and MinGW

From: William E. Kempf (wekempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-14 10:01:50

Russ said:
> Hi,
>
> I was previously using the threading library with MinGW (latest release
> version) with no problems. Yesterday I came across a segfault that
> occurred when accessing a shared pointer so I updated the boost-cvs
> version I was using to see if it was a known problem that had been
> fixed; however when attempting to build the new version it appeared that
> threading had been disabled for MinGW? Is this the case or is it a
> problem with the way I'm building my code.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated,

No, threading hasn't been disabled for MinGW, and in fact I test with the
Cygwin compiler using the -mnocygwin option, which should be equivalent to
using MinGW.  We'll need more information to figure out why it's not
working for you.

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William E. Kempf