Re: [Boost-users] Building modular-boost on windows with masm32?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Building modular-boost on windows with masm32?
From: Alle Meije Wink (a.m.wink_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-07-02 04:48:10

On 1 July 2014 09:29, Alle Meije Wink <a.m.wink_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> 3. after apparently successful bootstrap, type
>     b2 -a -d+2 -q --prefix=c:\users\amwink\usr\local --build-type=complete
> --build-dir=build toolset=gcc link=shared runtime-link=shared
>
> The output is below. So the commands cl.exe and ml.exe, which are not in
> mingw but can be used from the masm32 package are found, but their output
> is not recognised (as I understand)
>
> Is that correct? Would there be a way around this other than installing
> VC++?
>
> Many thanks
> Alle Meije
>
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Boost-users] Building modular-boost on windows with
> masm32?
> *From:* Oliver Kowalke (*oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden]*)
> *Date:* 2014-07-02 02:38:22
>
> strange - the make_i386_ms_pe_masm.o is in MS PE binary format but mingw
> (g++) does not recognize it.
> The regression tests at
> http://www.boost.org/development/tests/master/developer/coroutine.html
> pass
> with mingw-4.8.2.
> Do you use the code from branch master?
> Maybe it is an issue of mingw-4.8.1?
>

Either that or of masm32? The test you mention uses the assembler of VC 8.

Would there be any way to tell? Or better even, a way around it?

Thanks!