title: Getting std::thread/mutex to work under Win7 with mingw and g++ 4.7.2
body: <p><br/>Greetings,<br/></p>
  
  <p>I've recently moved out of my unix shelter to test a supposedly cross-platform networking library only to discover that mingw doesn't like to be fed c++11 stuff.</p>
  
  <p>I presume that I'm missing the required headers since Win7 doesn't come packed with c++11 support.</p>
  
  <p>It compiles just fine with VS2012<br/>
  but g++ refuses to.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
  <pre><code>error: 'thread' in namespace 'std' does not name a type
  error: 'mutex' in namespace 'std' does not name a type
  </code></pre>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The question is:<br/></p>
  
  <p><strong>How do I get a copy of c++11 headers/libs i.e. &lt; thread > without using the ones provided by VS2012 installation.</strong></p>
  
  <p>P.S. #1 I tried mingw-get update but it still wont find &lt; thread ><br/>
  P.S. #2 I am also using -std=c++11<br/> <br/> <br/>
  Sincerely,<br/>
  Chris.</p>