Yes!!
But not with Boost.Test, I simply haven't been able to get any non-trivial program to run correctly when built with MinGW gcc-4.5.0. For example in libs/config/test the config_info program (pretty trivial) runs OK, but config_test (less trivial) crashes and burns with the initialization error. I haven't had a chance to work out what the cause is, and frankly I had thought it was a problem with my MinGW installation as no one else seems to have the issue...
Love to know what the answer is yours, John.
Well, I have one program that just uses STL and the header-only Boost Graph Library. I compiled it with MinGW GCC 4.5.0 and it runs fine. For me, the problem seems to be anything in UTF. For example, the attached minimal test case gives me the "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005)" error. I compiled it with: g++ min_test.cpp -lboost_unit_test_framework-mgw45-mt-1_44.dll I think that I will try MinGW GCC 4.4.0... Daniel