Q Using release lib in debug build - linker

We receive a ready compiled lib from a partner only as a release version. As expected it works fine for our release build but it also worked fine while using it in the debug build (for our internal tests or debugging sessions)
Now some changes happened and the newest version of the libs don't work any more in debug build
I get the Error
mismatch detected for 'RuntimeLibrary': value 'MD_DynamicRelease' doesn't match value 'MDd_DynamicDebug' in main.obj
I understand why it happens now, but I don't understand why it didn't occur in the old version. The older version also had the wrong RuntimeLibrary set but somehow it did not affect the linker...? ( I used DUMPBIN to look for the flags)

We think we found the problem:
only one obj in the library uses C++/STL functionality
This was not used (by us) in the earlier version of the lib. But they changed some other functions and now they use these functions -> linker is adding now the C++ Code and rightfully complaining about it.
Further finding:
you can mix debug/release code, as long as you don't use anything from the runtime library.

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Haskell: Missing C library on Arch Linux works on Ubuntu

I recently switched my PC at work from Ubuntu to Arch Linux.
And I am now getting the following error (I am using stack to build my project):
setup-Simple-Cabal-1.22.4.0-ghc-7.10.2: Missing dependency on a
foreign
library:
* Missing C library: HSrts-ghc7.10.2
This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that
provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version). If the library is
already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use the flags
--extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where it is.
As far as I understand it, the difference in Linux Distribution should not cause any issue.
Things I have tried:
-add the path where the library is with --extra-lib-dirs
-make sure that the version of stack/ghc are the same acrose both systems
-tried unsucesfully to find a relevant difference between the 2 systems
(gcc version was different but didn't change anything)
I have a docker container based on ubutu where it builds without an issue.
The only thing I can think of is that this library gets handled differently from some random C-library since it contains the Haskell-Runtime. But I have no idea what this difference would be. Or how a differnent handling would cause an issue on my Arch System.
Here my .cabal file (the folder also contains the whole project):
https://github.com/opencog/atomspace/blob/master/tests/haskell/libExecutionOutputTest/opencoglib.cabal
Okay i figured out a workaround, instead of specifiyc the library in the .cabal file:
...
extra-libraries: HSrts-ghc7.10.2
...
you add it to your stack.yaml file:
...
ghc-options:
package-name: -lHSrts-ghc7.10.2
...
If you also have a exectuable defined in your .cabal file this will break the executable, since the library is not only included in the library. And including the runtime library in an executable results in an instant segementation fault.

An odd linkage diffrence between Debug and Release resulting an unresolved _except_handler3, or Why, oh, why I don't know about libcmtd?

A windows application I've been working on, is due to delivred without the use of CRT.
There's a few good articles descirbing the guidlines and benefits of doing so (none of which I could find upon writing this question - sorry) . Other then not using CRT symbols explicitly, it's all about linker and compailer configuration. My Release and Debug configurations are nearly identical now , and both specify /NODEFAULTLIB:"LIBCMT" only diffrence is the Run time flag /MT (in Release) vs. /MTd (in Debug) - that is required as I'm using __try/__except syntax for SEH, and so the only needed function is _except_handler3(). However, the Debug version is beeing built successfully, and the Release version fail with Unresolved Symbol _except_handler3 linkage error. When forcing Release version to compile with /MTd - this issue is solved.
How is that possible? which .lib contains the _except_handler3 export? and how can I solve this?
For an application without CRT see: http://blog.kalmbach-software.de/2008/02/02/smallest-application-size-for-win32-console-application/
But if you want to use __try / __except you need to use the CRT; or you need to write your own "_except_handler3".
See also: _except_handler3
Also you have the CRT source, and you can take a look into the source, to see what it is doing!
See: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\crt\src

Link error with GetACP under mingw64 (mingw-builds)

I was trying to build gdal-1.10.0
(http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadSource) using mingw64 (from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/files/host-windows/
x64-4.8.0-release-posix-seh-rev2.7z). I have compiled gdal-1.10.0 under the
standard MinGW (32-bit) version without a problem.
The reason I have to switch to mingw64 is that the standard 32-bit MinGW distribution
does not support c++11 features like std::thread, and (I suspect) other features as
well. But I get an linking error in the end telling me something about
undefined reference to '__imp_GetACP'
(or a different decorated name if I use the 32-bit variant from
mingw64/mingw-builds). BTW, I tried different versions of mingw64, including
64-bit, 32-bit, seh, sjlj, but all gave the same error about GetACP().
I did some homework and found some instructions for a similar compilation task:
http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite-3.0.0-BETA/mingw64_how_to.html#env
According to the above website, it seems that they suggest the problem has to do
with WOW64 and the correct version of windows dll files cannot be used because
windows automatically determines it for you depending on whether a 32-bit or
64-bit application making the call. This is supposedly a problem for mingw64
because the compiler gcc is 64-bit but msys is hopelessly 32-bit.
But since I tried 32-bit versions as well, the above does not seem to explain
the error.
Even more, I tried in a dirty way to comment out all calls to GetACP(),
because I don't really care about code pages and all that for my purposes.
Strangely enough, compilation is OK (on a fresh source just with the GetACP()'s commented out), but the same link error is still reported. I checked that libkernel32.a, libiconv.a are in the lib folder, and also followed the instructions in the blog above to copy dll's out from
c:\windows\system32 and place them in mingw subfolders with appropriate renaming. The link error remains. This is where I stopped hacking after spending almost two days on this without success. I can't understand why the entire source-code does not contain a single call to the function and I am still getting the link error.
Can anyone explain what might have caused this issue between gdal and mingw64,
and how to fix it?
Also, a general question about mingw64 is that is it really able to support
posix functions? I see package names such as
x64-4.8.0-release-posix-seh-rev2.7z, but I remember that the MinGW people said
they will never support full posix.
P.S.
I am testing this on a Windows Server 2008 R2, 64-bit.
Update:
The complete steps for building gdal-1.10.0 under MinGW64 (mingw-builds) are:
$./configure
Then,
Edit GDALmake.opt, Find GDAL_ROOT and replace the cygwin drive format with dos/mingw format, e.g.
Change:
GDAL_ROOT = /d/temp/build/gdal-1.10.0
to
GDAL_ROOT = d:/temp/build/gdal-1.10.0
Replace
CONFIG_LIBS = $(GDAL_ROOT)/$(LIBGDAL)
with
CONFIG_LIBS = $(GDAL_ROOT)/$(LIBGDAL) -liconv
Finally,
$ make && make install && cp apps/*.exe /usr/local/bin/
I have accidentally encountered the same problem.
Maybe this is a MinGW bug or bad configuration files, but the solution is to add
-liconv to the end of linker flags, for example, replace
CONFIG_LIBS = $(GDAL_ROOT)/$(LIBGDAL)
with
CONFIG_LIBS = $(GDAL_ROOT)/$(LIBGDAL) -liconv
in GDALmake.opt file (found by searching Mingw directory for GetACP in files).

Eclipse + CDT + Cygwin: How do you fix the "Multiple targets" bug?

UPDATE 1:
My original post was too long and obscured the real problem. I have discovered exactly what is causing the "Multiple targets" bug when Make is called.
UPDATE 2:
I found out that this 'Multiple Targets' bug is caused by GNU Make version 3.8.1 (see here1 and here2). GNU Make 3.8.1 is the current GNU Make released with Cygwin. To summarize the link: The old v3.8.0 handled windows paths fine and the newer v3.8.1 reports errors for windows paths (maybe it's a passive aggressive jab from the FSF?).
When you start a new project in Eclipse+CDT+Cygwin w/o external includes/libraries, everything works fine for me.
As soon as I try to use an external include/library I get the "Multiple targets" bug.
Here is exactly the steps needed to reproduce the bug on Windows+Eclipse+CDT+Cygwin:
Project project properties --> C/C++ Build --> Settings --> Tool Settings --> Cygwin C Compiler --> Includes --> Include Paths (-I) -- > Add Button --> Pick directory --> "C:\dir1\dir2"
I hit build.
It builds with no errors the first time.
I hit build again... I get build errors "Multiple targets. Stop.".
I click on the error.
Eclipse pulls up a makefile. The error happens when make sees the windows path for the new include file from the external library:
# NOTE: Error happens when the first "C:/" occurs
src/main.d src/main.o: ../src/main.c C:/dir1/dir2/ExternalLibrary.h
The reason for Make getting an error "Multiple targets" is because it sees the ":" which is part of the Make syntax for declaring a target. When there are two ":", Make errors out because it doesn't know what to do with "Multiple targets."
I can not edit the makefiles manually because they are immediately regenerated and overwritten [UPDATE: by Eclipse-CDT]. Given that I can't manually edit the makefile.
Is there any way for Eclipse to NOT use the "C:\" path? or tell make to ignore the "C:\" path?
Is this an Eclipse+CDT+Cygwin bug?
If you use Eclipse+CDT+Cygwin... please lend a hand (I don't want to use Visual Studios...)! Maybe I am using Eclipse+CDT+cygwin wrong? How do YOU get External Library includes to work?
*Very very frustrated*
Trying to stay Open-Source and cross-platform user,
Trevor
Turns out the "multiple targets" issue is caused by the current version of GNU Make installed from Cygwin. GNU Make 3.8.1 is the current GNU Make released with Cygwin.
The GNU Make 3.8.1 does not handle windows paths that contain "C:\". So every time your make file has a windows path with "C:\" you get a build error "multiple targets".
The solution I ended up doing is to download a fixed GNU Make v3.8.1. See Here1 or Here2. Then Eclipse+CDT+Cygwin worked fine again.
Update (05-feb-2015):
With an updated cygwin and a new Make (4.0.x) then the problem goes away.
https://superuser.com/questions/154418/where-do-i-get-make-for-cygwin
Had a such a problem, too. Problem was that I included paths on the project settings. Then I had absolute paths. When including the paths in the folder settings with relative paths it worked fine.
I still Got the same problem with eclipse/CDT Juno after update cygwin
to fix it:
you need make 3.80-1 or older and this needs cygintl-2.dll.
download make3.80-1 from
http://www.filewatcher.com/m/make-3.80-1.tar.bz2.286814-0.html
and the needed Dll from
http://www.dllguru.com/cygintl-2.dll.html
extract it somewhere
rename your make in cygwin/bin to makeVersion e.g. make3.82.90
copy cygintl-2.dll and make into cygwin/bin
try build your project in eclipse twice, the problem should be disappeared
gerdi

MSVCR90.DLL was not found

I know a question like this was already asked, but the situation is a little different, and all the answers on that problem didn't work for me.
I'm trying to compile some C code in VS2008 and it doesn't create an exe. Also, when I try to run it with f5, I get:
This application has failed to start
because MSVCR90.DLL was not found.
I did some googling and it said that this was because my c++ redistributable package wasnt installed. So I installed that, restarted everything and tried again. But alas, I still get the same error. Does anyone have any clue how to fix this?
It sounds like either a problem with your VS2008 installation, or something wrong with your DLL search path. MSVCR90.DLL is installed when you install VS2008, you shouldn't have to install any additional redistributable packages.
First I would check your PATH environment variable and make sure there is no gobbledydook in it that will break some of the entries, and if you don't find a problem there, then I would uninstall and reinstall Visual Studio.
You could also try searching for MSVCR90.DLL (and other DLLs like it), and move them to your Windows/System32 folder.
If you just want to get going now, another thing you could do is change your project to statically link to the runtime libraries, and then it wont even try to load that DLL. Go to your Project settings, Configuration Properties->C/C++->Code Generation and change Runtime Library from Multi-Threaded DLL to just Multi-Threaded (or any of the options that doesn't end with DLL).
Here are some things to check for your configuration of the project- under the general tab:
.1 Configuration type - exe in your case.
.2 Use of MFC: if this is an MFC application it might be more portable if you do: Use MFC in a static library.
.3 Use of ATL - if not using atl (or not sure) say Not using ATL.
.4 Under C/C++ -> Runtime Library: Say Multi-threaded Debug (for debug version) or Multi-Threaded (for release version).
If you are getting specific linker errors that say something is already defined:
This means that you have some parts of your app (separate libs being linked to your exe) that are built with different runtime linking:
You can:
Make sure that these libraries were compiled with the same version of visual studio as your application.
Change those projects to use static runtime: C/C++ -> Code Generation -> Runtime LIbrary: /MT or MTd (same as #4 above)
If you still have some specific errors try telling the linker to ignore certain libraries: Go to Linker->Ignore Specific Library and put in the library that you want to ignore. This is most common for 'libcmt.lib' or 'libcmtd.lib'. It is important also to know that lib ending with 'd' is usually the debug version. If you are creating a release build and you are getting 'already defined in libcmtd.lib' that means that somewhere you are linking a release lib to a debug lib.
if you delete the manifest file associated with you .exe, you will get the same error.
MSVCR90.dll is not installed in system32, but in the side-by-side folder, hence the manifest is required.
I have just been bitten by this and this page got me working again.
The key is to ignore MSVCRT and MSVCR90 libraries for the debug configuration. Set your linker -> Input -> Ignore Specific Library setting to include the following:
MSVCRT
MSVCR90
it is supposedly in the http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a5c84275-3b97-4ab7-a40d-3802b2af5fc2&displaylang=en visual studio 2008 runtime library. Yes! After installing that, openoffice update works.
If you give the finished exe to someone else they will need to install the latest visual c runtime to run it. This will only work for release build AFAIK. Visual studio should install the required runtime both release and debug into your path. The project probably has an additional dependency accidently set for an incorrect version of the runtime.
See if this page helps.
Go to your Project settings, Configuration Properties->C/C++->Code Generation and change Runtime Library from Multi-Threaded DLL to Multi-Threaded and then try to compile but it won't. Then change it to Multi-Threaded Debug and try to compile ,but it won't again and then you change it back to Multi-Threaded DLL and then it should compile and run.

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