id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 12121 Duplicate conflicting forward declaration of basic_string_ref white@… Andrey Semashev "In Boost 1.61 Beta 1, a new error means to much forward declaration of basic_string_ref. boost/log/utility/formatting_ostream.hpp:39:76: error: redefinition of default argument for 'class traits' template > class basic_string_ref; Its also declared in boost/utility/string_ref_fwd.hpp and boost/utility/string_ref.hpp Removing the fwd declaration in formatting_ostream.hpp:39 and all is working. Boost 1.61.0 beta gcc 5.3.0 (x86_64-win32-seh-rev0, Built by MinGW-W64 project) " Bugs closed To Be Determined log Boost 1.61.0 Problem fixed