Compiling for windows: "configure: error: No working boost sleep implementation found" #10700

Running ./configure --prefix=pwd/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32 --without-gui --disable-zmq --disable-bench --enable-debug --disable-tests

I am building on WSL.

checking whether the Boost::Chrono library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_chrono-mt-s... yes
checking for mismatched boost c++11 scoped enums... ok
configure: error: No working boost sleep implementation found.

I already ran sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev.

Config Log

Doing the exact same commandline, on the exact same folder mounter to a docker container works fine. It seems to go wrong only on WSL.

Here the Config Log of the working version.

Investigation seems to point on the version of mingw

Working:

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8

No working:

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/5.3-win32

On the failing one, this seems to be the relevant part

| #define HAVE_BOOST_CHRONO /**/
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
|
|   #include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>
|   #include <boost/version.hpp>
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
|   #if BOOST_VERSION >= 105000 && (!defined(BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP) || BOOST_VERSION >= 105200)
|       boost::this_thread::sleep_for(boost::chrono::milliseconds(0));
|   #else
|    choke me
|   #endif
|
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }
configure:28187: x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ -std=c++11 -o conftest.exe -pipe -O2  -g3 -O0 -I/mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/  -DDEBUG -DDEBUG_LOCKORDER -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D_MT -DWIN32 -D_WINDOWS -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DBOOST_SP_USE_STD_ATOMIC -DBOOST_AC_USE_STD_ATOMIC -mthreads -I/mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include -L/mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../lib  conftest.cpp -L/mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../lib -lboost_system-mt-s -lboost_filesystem-mt-s -lboost_program_options-mt-s -lboost_thread_win32-mt-s -lboost_chrono-mt-s -lssp -lcrypt32 -liphlpapi -lshlwapi -lmswsock -lws2_32 -ladvapi32 -lrpcrt4 -luuid -loleaut32 -lole32 -lcomctl32 -lshell32 -lwinmm -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -lmingwthrd  >&5
In file included from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.hpp:28:0,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/shared_ptr.hpp:17,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/date_time/time_clock.hpp:17,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/thread/thread_time.hpp:9,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/thread/win32/thread_data.hpp:10,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/thread/thread_only.hpp:15,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/thread/thread.hpp:12,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/thread.hpp:13,
                 from conftest.cpp:87:
/mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/smart_ptr/detail/shared_count.hpp:396:33: warning: 'template<class> class std::auto_ptr' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
     explicit shared_count( std::auto_ptr<Y> & r ): pi_( new sp_counted_impl_p<Y>( r.get() ) )
                                 ^
In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/5.3-win32/include/c++/memory:81:0,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/config/no_tr1/memory.hpp:21,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.hpp:23,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/shared_ptr.hpp:17,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/date_time/time_clock.hpp:17,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/thread/thread_time.hpp:9,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/thread/win32/thread_data.hpp:10,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/thread/thread_only.hpp:15,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/thread/thread.hpp:12,
                 from /mnt/e/Sources/bitcoin-docker/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/../include/boost/thread.hpp:13,
                 from conftest.cpp:87:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/5.3-win32/include/c++/bits/unique_ptr.h:49:28: note: declared here
   template<typename> class auto_ptr;

Might be related to that #8732 my working VM is trusty. Other is xenial.

That's a known issue indeed, 16.04 cross-windows build doesn't work.