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| author | Gisle Vanem <gvanem@broadpark.no> | 2004-11-24 15:14:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Gisle Vanem <gvanem@broadpark.no> | 2004-11-24 15:14:42 +0000 |
| commit | 51a87fa652ee2c00128cec246bd44f6df31e4bf2 (patch) | |
| tree | a8c25367e992d44a1c159674f180a25448e4c6a0 /docs | |
| parent | b2dad0342fba03556a05ad211610511e0a28159f (diff) | |
Clarify the static vs. import lib issue on Win32.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/FAQ | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ FAQ libcurl is free, thread-safe, IPv6 compatible, feature rich, well supported and fast. - + curl A command line tool for getting or sending files using URL syntax. @@ -803,6 +803,22 @@ FAQ (Provided by Andrew Francis) + When building an application that uses the static libcurl library, you must + add -DCURL_STATICLIB to your CFLAGS. Otherwise the linker will look for + dynamic import symbols. If you get linker error like "unknown symbol + __imp__curl_easy_init ..." you have linked against the wrong (static) library. + If you want to use the curl.dll and import lib, you don't need any extra CFLAGS, + but use one of the import libraries below. These are the libraries produced by + the various lib/Makefile.* files: + + Target: static lib. import lib for curl*.dll. + -------------------------------------------------------- + MingW: libcurl.a libcurldll.a + MSVC (release): libcurl.lib libcurl_imp.lib + MSVC (debug): libcurld.lib libcurld_imp.lib + Borland: libcurl.lib libcurl_imp.lib + + 5.8 libcurl.so.3: open failed: No such file or directory This is an error message you might get when you try to run a program linked |