Re: [bug-gettext] link error gettext visual studio

[Bruno Haible]

Hello,

> I have build depencencies : gettext runtime for windows, zlib, libffi and i
> have configured visual studio.

Are you using the build recipe from
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=blob_plain;f=README.windows
or have you made up your own (unsupported) recipe?

> When I build Glib. sln i have this error
> 
> Erreur LNK2019 symbole externe non résolu __imp_libintl_gettext référencé
> dans la fonction _g_dgettext_should_translate glib
> C:\gtk_compilation\glib-2.52.0\win32\vs15\ggettext.obj
> 
> I don't understand why, coul you help me please?

The error means that it cannot find the symbol in the given libraries.
This can have 3 causes:
  - Library not passed on link command line.
  - Library passed on link command line but does not contain the symbol.
  - Library passed on link command line but is of wrong format.
Peruse the "nm" and "dumpbin /exports" [1] commands... Also get familiar
with the meaning of '__imp_'.

Bruno

[1] https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/cpp/build/reference/dash-exports