Frédéric Bron writes:

I have some troubles with mingw32 (compiling from cygwin with g++ 3.4.4):

The code below fails at link with following error message: /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/3.4.4/../../../../i686-pc-mingw32/lib/libmingw32.a(tlssup.o):tlssup.c:(.tls+0x0): multiple definition of `__tls_used' /cygdrive/d/Softs/1.7/mgw-release/boost/lib/libboost_thread_win32.a(tss_pe.o):tss_pe.cpp:(.rdata$T+0x0): first defined here collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

#include int main() { boost::thread_specific_ptr<int> tsp; return 0; }

Compiling command was: $ g++-3 -o toto -O3 -DNDEBUG -mno-cygwin -mthreads -DBOOST_WINDOWS_API -I/cygdrive/d/Softs/1.7/mgw-release/boost/include toto.cc -L/cygdrive/d/Softs/1.7/mgw-release/boost/lib -lboost_thread_win32

Recently, mingw32 runtime was updated for cygwin with the following message:

...

Implement TLS Callback.

* tlsmcrt.c: New file. * tlsmthread.c: Ditto. * tlssup.c: Ditto. * tlsthrd.c: Ditto. * Makefile.in: Include new files. * crt1.c: Implement TLS Callback. * dllcrt1.c: Ditto. * mthr_stub.c: Remove.

Any clue?

The mingw32 runtime has started implementing the tls callback stuff. Boost.Thread currently does this manually for mingw, so this clashes with the new runtime library. I'll have to look into this to see if this can be detected in boost.thread based on some version flag in the mingw headers or something, and if so how to ensure that the boost.thread callbacks get invoked. Anthony -- Author of C++ Concurrency in Action http://www.stdthread.co.uk/book/ just::thread C++0x thread library http://www.stdthread.co.uk Just Software Solutions Ltd http://www.justsoftwaresolutions.co.uk 15 Carrallack Mews, St Just, Cornwall, TR19 7UL, UK. Company No. 5478976