[THRIFT-4046] MinGW with gcc 6.2 does not compile on Windows

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.3, 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.11.0
• Component/s: Build Process, C++ - Library

Environment

Windows, MinGW-64/MSYS2 2016-10-26 (gcc 6.3)

• Assignee: James E. King III
• Reporter: James E. King III
• Created: 29/Jan/17 13:32
• Updated: 14/Dec/17 13:54
• Resolved: 05/Feb/17 15:22

Description

There are numerous issues building the Windows C++ library with MinGW and gcc 6.3. They need to be resolved together so I am combining them into a single Jira item. See the linked, superceded items for details.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: THRIFT-1677 MinGW support broken
• relates to: THRIFT-3973 Remove MSVC C++ projects to improve maintainability; document building Thrift on Windows using CMake to generate project files
• supercedes: THRIFT-3993 error: cannot convert 'const thrift_timespec*' to 'const timespec*'
• supercedes: THRIFT-3994 Wrong pthread_t handling under MinGW
• supercedes: THRIFT-3995 error: 'boost::thread::id::id(boost::thread::id::data)' is private
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1171