Googletest: Compilation errors on MinGW

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Google Test fails to compile on the default installation of MinGW 
(http://www.mingw.org/):

> cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles"
> mingw32-make
...

C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc:202:45: error: cannot convert 
'CRITICAL_SECTION* {aka _CRITICAL_SECTION*}' to '_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION*' in 
initialization
       critical_section_(new CRITICAL_SECTION) {
                                             ^
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc:203:48: error: cannot convert 
'_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION*' to 'LPCRITICAL_SECTION {aka _CRITICAL_SECTION*}' for 
argument '1' to 'void InitializeCriticalSection(LPCRITICAL_SECTION)'
   ::InitializeCriticalSection(critical_section_);
                                                ^
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc: In destructor 
'testing::internal::Mutex::~Mutex()':
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc:213:46: error: cannot convert 
'_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION*' to 'PCRITICAL_SECTION {aka _CRITICAL_SECTION*}' for 
argument '1' to 'void DeleteCriticalSection(PCRITICAL_SECTION)'
     ::DeleteCriticalSection(critical_section_);
                                              ^
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc: In member function 'void 
testing::internal::Mutex::Lock()':
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc:221:43: error: cannot convert 
'_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION*' to 'LPCRITICAL_SECTION {aka _CRITICAL_SECTION*}' for 
argument '1' to 'void EnterCriticalSection(LPCRITICAL_SECTION)'
   ::EnterCriticalSection(critical_section_);
                                           ^
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc: In member function 'void 
testing::internal::Mutex::Unlock()':
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc:231:43: error: cannot convert 
'_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION*' to 'LPCRITICAL_SECTION {aka _CRITICAL_SECTION*}' for 
argument '1' to 'void LeaveCriticalSection(LPCRITICAL_SECTION)'
   ::LeaveCriticalSection(critical_section_);
                                           ^
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc: In member function 'void 
testing::internal::Mutex::ThreadSafeLazyInit()':
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc:252:27: error: cannot convert 
'CRITICAL_SECTION* {aka _CRITICAL_SECTION*}' to '_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION*' in 
assignment
         critical_section_ = new CRITICAL_SECTION;
                           ^
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc:253:54: error: cannot convert 
'_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION*' to 'LPCRITICAL_SECTION {aka _CRITICAL_SECTION*}' for 
argument '1' to 'void InitializeCriticalSection(LPCRITICAL_SECTION)'
         ::InitializeCriticalSection(critical_section_);
                                                      ^
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc: In static member function 'static void 
testing::internal::ThreadLocalRegistryImpl::StartWatcherThreadFor(DWORD)':
C:/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc:455:21: error: '::OpenThread' has not been 
declared
     HANDLE thread = ::OpenThread(SYNCHRONIZE | THREAD_QUERY_INFORMATION,
                     ^

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 19 Mar 2015 at 1:52

[Anigif]

I get the same errors when using the same procedure. I'm using Win10, cmake 3.4.1 and mingw32-make is GNU Make 3.82.90 (built for i686-pc-mingw32).

[lemtronix]

I was receiving these exact same errors and found that I needed to upgrade my version of GCC.

I was using MinGW and MSYS on Windows and was unable to build with GCC v4.8.1 and v4.9.3. The issue was resolved when I upgraded to GCC v5.1.0 and also worked with GCC v5.3.0.

[bofinbabu]

@lemtronix : How did you upgrade to GCC v5.1.0 ? My MinGW installer shows only v4.9.3 for installation?

[uyumaz]

@bofinbabu: You can find a MinGW distro with GCC v5.3.0 here: http://nuwen.net/mingw.html

[vkotovv]

I'm using GCC 6.3.0 and still getting this issues. Any advice?

[rockbass2560]

I'm using GCC newest version and I get the same error.

[gennadiycivil]

Should be fixed now