Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #7289: [Context] Cross compiling for Windows on Linux using gcc fails

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viboes — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:52:45 GMT

owner set to olli
component Building Boost → context
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olli — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:10:31 GMT

as the output show fcontext_i386_sysv_elf_gas.S is selected - that indicates that the build-properties are not set correctly for the cross-compiling. boost.context requires:

<address-model>=32, <architecture>=x86, <binary-format=>pe, <target-os>=windows

please post the bjam/b2 command line and the output if bjam/b2 is invoked with the additional argument --debug-building

status changed; resolution set

olli — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:38:27 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → wontfix

no response - so I close the bug as wont fix

kai-boost@… — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:11:19 GMT

Quoting http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/bbv2/tasks/crosscompile.html ,

# On Linux box
b2 toolset=gcc-mingw target-os=windows

Using

b2 --layout=system --prefix=/home/kai/appsv2/bindir/i686-w64-mingw32/external/boost variant=release link=static toolset=gcc-mingw target-os=windows install

fails in the manner described, with 1.57.

Using

b2 --layout=system --prefix=/home/kai/appsv2/bindir/i686-w64-mingw32/external/boost variant=release link=static toolset=gcc-mingw target-os=windows binary-format=pe install

fails with

libs/context/src/unsupported.cpp:7:2: error: #error "platform not supported"

kai-boost@… — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:03:54 GMT

Ok, here's something new.

Adding "abi=ms" now fails with

/bin/sh: 2: ml: not found

Has this ever been tested at all?

olli — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:05:10 GMT

Replying to kai-boost@…:

Ok, here's something new.

Adding "abi=ms" now fails with

/bin/sh: 2: ml: not found

Has this ever been tested at all?

yes - see boost regression test.

'ml: not found': means that MASM (assembler) is not installed or in the search path

peppard+boost@… — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:40:29 GMT

Replying to olli:

Replying to kai-boost@…:

Ok, here's something new.

Adding "abi=ms" now fails with

/bin/sh: 2: ml: not found

Has this ever been tested at all?

yes - see boost regression test.

'ml: not found': means that MASM (assembler) is not installed or in the search path

MASM seems to be Windows-only, does this mean that cross compiling from Linux to Windows is currently not possible?

According to the boost mailinglist a year ago you considered adding support for GAS on Windows, I'd be very happy if this would be working, too.

olli — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 06:13:41 GMT

Replying to peppard+boost@…:

MASM seems to be Windows-only, does this mean that cross compiling from Linux to Windows is currently not possible?

probably yes

According to the boost mailinglist a year ago you considered adding support for GAS on Windows, I'd be very happy if this would be working, too.

I'm sorry - I'm too busy, but you are welcome to provide a port.