Re: [Mingw-users] Boost.Context + MinGW + EXPORT keyword

[Keith M. <kei...@us...>]

On 14/04/14 15:10, Robert Hartmann wrote:
> Because Boost.Context has a documented dependency on MASM [1] the build
> process under Windows without MSAM doesn't work.
> 
> I found this ticket and inside the following quoted statement:
> 
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7262
> 
> ********
>  You should ask the MinGW developers to get their software correct 
>  (for instance linker used by MinGW does not understand the EXPORT 
>  keyword in the object files generated by MASM). 
> ********

Rather, you should ask the boost folks to get their act together; why
should MinGW -- a free software project -- be expected to cow-tow to the
idiosyncrasies of a proprietary, non-free assembler?

> My question is now: 
> Is there a chance, so that gcc/g++ from MinGW.org can use object-files 
> generated from MASM?

Very unlikely; persuade the boost folks to fix their bug.

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Regards,
Keith.