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diff --git a/docs/INSTALL b/docs/INSTALL index 7b98ab215..60a5b1f02 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL +++ b/docs/INSTALL @@ -147,6 +147,29 @@ UNIX Win32 ===== + Building Windows DLLs and C run-time (CRT) linkage issues + --------------------------------------------------------- + + As a general rule, building a DLL with static CRT linkage is highly + discouraged, and intermixing CRTs in the same app is something to + avoid at any cost. + + Reading and comprehension of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles + KB94248 and KB140584 is a must for any Windows developer. Especially + important is full understanding if you are not going to follow the + advice given above. + + KB94248 - How To Use the C Run-Time + http://support.microsoft.com/kb/94248/en-us + + KB140584 - How to link with the correct C Run-Time (CRT) library + http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140584/en-us + + If your app is misbehaving in some strange way, or it is suffering + from memory corruption, before asking for further help, please try + first to rebuild every single library your app uses as well as your + app using the debug multithreaded dynamic C runtime. + MingW32 ------- |