Linking not working properly Windows 11

Linking not working properly Windows 11
Nov 05, 2022 bauss
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Nov 05, 2022 rikki cattermole
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November 05, 2022

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Fresh install of DMD and when trying to use ex. std.file from Phobos I get the following linking error: (I can trigger different ones depending on modules imported etc.)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: tzset

I assume it has something to do with the C runtime or something, but everything should be setup correct, so maybe some path or something that is incorrect that I may need to modify? I have no idea what I need to do however.

I am using dub as well, so basically compiling using:

dub build -a=x86_64

Is there anything I am missing or what should I do? Currently D is unusable for me on my new machine because of this.

If anybody knows how I can just get things to work, it seems like D never works out of the box, which is very unfortunate.

This is literally my file:

module main;

import std.file : readText, exists, write;

void main() {}

It's as minimal as an example as I can give pretty much.

A similar issue was with C++ runtime libraries such as libcmt.lib not being linked and I ended up having to move the files manually to my project folder, as I don't know how to fix it properly as there aren't any clear instructions anywhere on how to fix invalid paths etc. or what to do when linking just doesn't find the files despite them existing.

If anyone can help me fix this then I will be very grateful.

November 05, 2022

Re: Linking not working properly Windows 11

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On Saturday, 5 November 2022 at 13:30:43 UTC, bauss wrote:

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: tzset

I don't know if this is relevant, so I will just put it here just in case:

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: tzset
>>> referenced by phobos64.lib(timezone_151f_37a.obj):(_D3std8datetime8timezone9LocalTime9singletonFNeZ9__lambda3FNbNiNfZb)
Error: linker exited with status 1

November 06, 2022

Re: Linking not working properly Windows 11

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Try ldc, if that works then its just a missing library that needs to be linked against regarding MS CRT.

November 05, 2022

Re: Linking not working properly Windows 11

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On Saturday, 5 November 2022 at 13:42:08 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> Try ldc, if that works then its just a missing library that needs to be linked against regarding MS CRT.

I will give it a try

November 05, 2022

Re: Linking not working properly Windows 11

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On Saturday, 5 November 2022 at 13:42:08 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> Try ldc, if that works then its just a missing library that needs to be linked against regarding MS CRT.

Using LDC doesn't seem to work either, it has similar linking problems.

```
lld-link: error: undefined symbol: fileno
>>> referenced by druntime-ldc.lib(dmain2.obj):(_d_print_throwable)
>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(stdio.obj):(_D3std5stdio4File4syncMFNeZv)
>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(stdio.obj):(_D3std5stdio4File13windowsHandleMFNdZPv)
>>> referenced 18 more times

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execv
>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process6execv_FIAyaIAQfZi)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execve
>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process7execve_FIAyaIAQfIQeZi)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execvp
>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process7execvp_FIAyaIAQfZi)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execvpe
>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process8execvpe_FIAyaIAQfIQeZi)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: tzset
>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(timezone.obj):(_D3std8datetime8timezone9LocalTime9singletonFNeZ12__dgliteral4MFNaNbNiNfZOb)
Error: linking with LLD failed
ldc2 failed with exit code 1.
```

Not sure what to do at this point.

November 05, 2022

Re: Linking not working properly Windows 11

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On Saturday, 5 November 2022 at 14:14:16 UTC, bauss wrote:
> On Saturday, 5 November 2022 at 13:42:08 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>> Try ldc, if that works then its just a missing library that needs to be linked against regarding MS CRT.
>
> Using LDC doesn't seem to work either, it has similar linking problems.
>
> ```
> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: fileno
>>>> referenced by druntime-ldc.lib(dmain2.obj):(_d_print_throwable)
>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(stdio.obj):(_D3std5stdio4File4syncMFNeZv)
>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(stdio.obj):(_D3std5stdio4File13windowsHandleMFNdZPv)
>>>> referenced 18 more times
>
> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execv
>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process6execv_FIAyaIAQfZi)
>
> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execve
>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process7execve_FIAyaIAQfIQeZi)
>
> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execvp
>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process7execvp_FIAyaIAQfZi)
>
> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execvpe
>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process8execvpe_FIAyaIAQfIQeZi)
>
> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: tzset
>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(timezone.obj):(_D3std8datetime8timezone9LocalTime9singletonFNeZ12__dgliteral4MFNaNbNiNfZOb)
> Error: linking with LLD failed
> ldc2 failed with exit code 1.
> ```
>
> Not sure what to do at this point.

Just posted the other day how to use the MSVC Linker on windows. Using LLD is quite complicated in my experience because I was getting a lot of undefined symbols from the libcmt.

Check this post: https://forum.dlang.org/thread/frixfbbucsbgcrsvmjtf@forum.dlang.org

Remember that for using the MSVC Linker you will need to have visual studio build tools on your PC (or install the visual studio with desktop development with C++).
Then you can modify your `sc.ini` and it should work.

November 05, 2022

Re: Linking not working properly Windows 11

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On Saturday, 5 November 2022 at 13:30:43 UTC, bauss wrote:

Fresh install of DMD and when trying to use ex. std.file from Phobos I get the following linking error: (I can trigger different ones depending on modules imported etc.)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: tzset

I am using dub as well, so basically compiling using:

dub build -a=x86_64

Is there anything I am missing or what should I do? Currently D is unusable for me on my new machine because of this.

If anybody knows how I can just get things to work, it seems like D never works out of the box, which is very unfortunate.

This is literally my file:

module main;

import std.file : readText, exists, write;

void main() {}

It's as minimal as an example as I can give pretty much.

If anyone can help me fix this then I will be very grateful.

do you have visual studio installed? if so what version?

do you have msys installed? is it in your PATH?

November 06, 2022

Re: Linking not working properly Windows 11

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I've looked up three of those names, they are all deprecated.

I'm wondering if Microsoft have removed them.

November 05, 2022

Re: Linking not working properly Windows 11

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On Saturday, 5 November 2022 at 14:54:52 UTC, Hipreme wrote:
> On Saturday, 5 November 2022 at 14:14:16 UTC, bauss wrote:
>> On Saturday, 5 November 2022 at 13:42:08 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>>> Try ldc, if that works then its just a missing library that needs to be linked against regarding MS CRT.
>>
>> Using LDC doesn't seem to work either, it has similar linking problems.
>>
>> ```
>> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: fileno
>>>>> referenced by druntime-ldc.lib(dmain2.obj):(_d_print_throwable)
>>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(stdio.obj):(_D3std5stdio4File4syncMFNeZv)
>>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(stdio.obj):(_D3std5stdio4File13windowsHandleMFNdZPv)
>>>>> referenced 18 more times
>>
>> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execv
>>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process6execv_FIAyaIAQfZi)
>>
>> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execve
>>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process7execve_FIAyaIAQfIQeZi)
>>
>> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execvp
>>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process7execvp_FIAyaIAQfZi)
>>
>> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: execvpe
>>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(process.obj):(_D3std7process8execvpe_FIAyaIAQfIQeZi)
>>
>> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: tzset
>>>>> referenced by phobos2-ldc.lib(timezone.obj):(_D3std8datetime8timezone9LocalTime9singletonFNeZ12__dgliteral4MFNaNbNiNfZOb)
>> Error: linking with LLD failed
>> ldc2 failed with exit code 1.
>> ```
>>
>> Not sure what to do at this point.
>
> Just posted the other day how to use the MSVC Linker on windows. Using LLD is quite complicated in my experience because I was getting a lot of undefined symbols from the libcmt.
>
> Check this post: https://forum.dlang.org/thread/frixfbbucsbgcrsvmjtf@forum.dlang.org
>
> Remember that for using the MSVC Linker you will need to have visual studio build tools on your PC (or install the visual studio with desktop development with C++).
> Then you can modify your `sc.ini` and it should work.

I have both VS 2019 and 2022, but only 2019 has c++ build tools etc. I assume that should be fine?

So I will try this now and see how goes.

Currently having some trouble getting it to work, but probably because I am editing sc.ini wrong.

Is it possible you could post your sc.ini so I can compare with mine?

I get an error like the following when linking:

```
Linking...
Error: can't run 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\Hostx86\x64', check PATH
C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd.exe failed with exit code 1.
```

I put this in sc.ini under [Environment] and [Environment64]

```
LINKCMD=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\Hostx86\x64
```

November 05, 2022

Re: Linking not working properly Windows 11

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On Saturday, 5 November 2022 at 13:30:43 UTC, bauss wrote:

Fresh install of DMD and when trying to use ex. std.file from Phobos I get the following linking error: (I can trigger different ones depending on modules imported etc.)

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Im also on Windows 10 and 11 and don't have any problems with dmd

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