Boost.Log fails to build with 64-bit MinGW

[ashish.sadanandan@…]

When building Boost.Log using 64-bit MinGW 4.8.1 (from MinGW-Builds SourceForge project, 64-bit compiler, posix threads, SEH exception model), compilation fails with the following message

gcc.compile.c++ E:\Tools\Boost\1.54.0-gcc-4.8.1_x64-build\boost\bin.v2\libs\log\build\gcc-mingw-4.8.1\debug\address-model-64\link-static\log-api-winnt\threading-multi\default_filter_factory.o

    "g++"  -ftemplate-depth-128 -O0 -fno-inline -Wall -g -mthreads -m64 -D__int64="long long int" -include cmath -march=native -mtune=native -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -fno-strict-aliasing -ftemplate-depth-1024 -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_CHRONO_STATIC_LINK=1 -DBOOST_FILESYSTEM_STATIC_LINK=1 -DBOOST_LOG_SETUP_BUILDING_THE_LIB=1 -DBOOST_LOG_USE_AVX2 -DBOOST_LOG_USE_SSSE3 -DBOOST_SPIRIT_USE_PHOENIX_V3=1 -DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED -DBOOST_SYSTEM_STATIC_LINK=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_BUILD_LIB=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_DONT_USE_CHRONO=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB=1 -DDATE_TIME_INLINE  -I"." -c -o "E:\Tools\Boost\1.54.0-gcc-4.8.1_x64-build\boost\bin.v2\libs\log\build\gcc-mingw-4.8.1\debug\address-model-64\link-static\log-api-winnt\threading-multi\default_filter_factory.o" "libs\log\src\default_filter_factory.cpp"

e:/tools/mingw/x64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/as.exe: E:\Tools\Boost\1.54.0-gcc-4.8.1_x64-build\boost\bin.v2\libs\log\build\gcc-mingw-4.8.1\debug\address-model-64\link-static\log-api-winnt\threading-multi\default_filter_factory.o: too many sections (43643)
C:\Users\Ashish\AppData\Local\Temp\ccCaEoj5.s: Assembler messages:
C:\Users\Ashish\AppData\Local\Temp\ccCaEoj5.s: Fatal error: can't write E:\Tools\Boost\1.54.0-gcc-4.8.1_x64-build\boost\bin.v2\libs\log\build\gcc-mingw-4.8.1\debug\address-model-64\link-static\log-api-winnt\threading-multi\default_filter_factory.o: File too big
e:/tools/mingw/x64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/as.exe: E:\Tools\Boost\1.54.0-gcc-4.8.1_x64-build\boost\bin.v2\libs\log\build\gcc-mingw-4.8.1\debug\address-model-64\link-static\log-api-winnt\threading-multi\default_filter_factory.o: too many sections (43643)
C:\Users\Ashish\AppData\Local\Temp\ccCaEoj5.s: Fatal error: can't close E:\Tools\Boost\1.54.0-gcc-4.8.1_x64-build\boost\bin.v2\libs\log\build\gcc-mingw-4.8.1\debug\address-model-64\link-static\log-api-winnt\threading-multi\default_filter_factory.o: File too big

Boost.Log builds successfully using the 32-bit version of MinGW 4.8.1

[Andrey Semashev]

Right now you can try reducing the binary size by disabling portions of the library (for example, disable unused character types or settings parsers altogether). See here for configuration options.

[Andrey Semashev]

(In [85031]) Extracted default formatter factory to a separate translation unit. Made all default factories optional, the factories can be disabled with the new config macro BOOST_LOG_WITHOUT_DEFAULT_FACTORIES. Refs #8773, #8786.

[Andrey Semashev]

(In [85202]) Extracted Boost.Xpressive use to a separate translation unit in attempt to work around MinGW 64 bit compiler limitation on the number of sections in the object file. Made some changes to reduce binary size. Refs #8786, #8773.

[anonymous]

Replying to andysem:

(In [85031]) Extracted default formatter factory to a separate translation unit. Made all default factories optional, the factories can be disabled with the new config macro BOOST_LOG_WITHOUT_DEFAULT_FACTORIES. Refs #8773, #8786.

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