Hello,

I would like to play around with the (provisionally accepted) Boost.Context library, and I'm wondering: does it support MinGW?

First, I should mention, I am using the source from http://ok73.ok.funpic.de/boost.context-0.7.4.zip, but I'm not sure whether this is the latest version - the link to the source at http://www.boost.org/community/review_schedule.html is broken (it points to the Boost Vault, which is down, and I can't find it at https://github.com/boost-vault).

I tried to compile it both in 64-bit mode using:

toolset=gcc architecture=x86 instruction-set=yorksfield address-model=64

and in 32-bit mode using:

toolset=gcc architecture=x86 instruction-set=i686 address-model=32

but in both cases I get errors (pasted below).

Am I doing something wrong, or does this library not support MinGW? If the latter, is MinGW support planned at some point?

I'm also having problems compiling it on Linux with: toolset=gcc architecture=x86 instruction-set=i686 address-model=32 I get the following errors: gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-4.6.1/release/address-model-32/architecture-x86/instruction-set-i686/link-static/protected_stack_posix.o libs/context/src/protected_stack_posix.cpp: In constructor 'boost::contexts::protected_stack::protected_stack(std::size_t)': libs/context/src/protected_stack_posix.cpp:61:15: warning: unused variable 'result' [-Wunused-variable] libs/context/src/protected_stack_posix.cpp: At global scope: libs/context/src/protected_stack_posix.cpp:76:1: error: prototype for 'boost::contexts::protected_stack::protected_stack(boost::rvboost::contexts::protected_stack&)' does not match any in class 'boost::contexts::protected_stack' ./boost/context/protected_stack.hpp:44:5: error: candidates are: boost::contexts::protected_stack::protected_stack(boost::rvboost::contexts::protected_stack&) libs/context/src/protected_stack_posix.cpp:38:1: error: boost::contexts::protected_stack::protected_stack(std::size_t) libs/context/src/protected_stack_posix.cpp:34:1: error: boost::contexts::protected_stack::protected_stack() ./boost/context/protected_stack.hpp:27:5: error: boost::contexts::protected_stack::protected_stack(boost::contexts::protected_stack&) libs/context/src/protected_stack_posix.cpp:81:1: error: prototype for 'boost::contexts::protected_stack& boost::contexts::protected_stack::operator=(boost::rvboost::contexts::protected_stack&)' does not match any in class 'boost::contexts::protected_stack' ./boost/context/protected_stack.hpp:46:23: error: candidates are: boost::contexts::protected_stack& boost::contexts::protected_stack::operator=(boost::rvboost::contexts::protected_stack&) ./boost/context/protected_stack.hpp:27:5: error: boost::contexts::protected_stack& boost::contexts::protected_stack::operator=(boost::contexts::protected_stack&) "g++" -ftemplate-depth-128 -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall -march=i686 -m32 -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DNDEBUG -I"." -c -o "bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-4.6.1/release/address-model-32/architecture-x86/instruction-set-i686/link-static/protected_stack_posix.o" "libs/context/src/protected_stack_posix.cpp" ...failed gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-4.6.1/release/address-model-32/architecture-x86/instruction-set-i686/link-static/protected_stack_posix.o... common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-4.6.1/release/address-model-32/architecture-x86/instruction-set-i686/link-static/asm gcc.compile.asm bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-4.6.1/release/address-model-32/architecture-x86/instruction-set-i686/link-static/asm/fcontext_i386_sysv_elf_gas.o gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-4.6.1/release/address-model-32/architecture-x86/instruction-set-i686/link-static/stack_helper_posix.o libs/context/src/stack_helper_posix.cpp: In function 'rlimit {anonymous}::stacksize_limit_()': libs/context/src/stack_helper_posix.cpp:27:15: warning: unused variable 'result' [-Wunused-variable] ...skipped libboost_context.a(clean) for lack of protected_stack_posix.o... ...skipped libboost_context.a for lack of protected_stack_posix.o... ...skipped libboost_context.a for lack of libboost_context.a... ...failed updating 1 target... ...skipped 3 targets... ...updated 11 targets... What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Nate.