On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 16:18:27 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 12:13:56 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>>
>> This is the code example, that was presented on the https://dlang.org frontpage:
>
> Maybe that isn't the best choice of beginner example if even the D experts can't figure out how to get it to run.

Might be a bug, I have already reported it and saw some bug duplicates like mine.
However, since 2017 report, it seems to be - still not going well.
If I have a chance I'll try to download latest dlang distribution and install on a completely clean Windows 10 Operating system. But I'm not hoping for any luck, but still in need of try trial.

On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 13:33:51 UTC, drug wrote:
> 08.05.2018 16:23, BoQsc пишет:
>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 13:04:12 UTC, Seb wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 12:37:42 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 12:19:14 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 12:13:56 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>> This one needs to be compiled+run with the dub package manager instead of with rdmd, which is why it has that shebang line. It has external library dependencies rdmd can't handle.
>>>>
>>>> My intuition now says to use dub this way:
>>>> --------------------------------------
>>>> C:\Users\Vaidas\Desktop>dub start_minimum_server.d
>>>> EC:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd.exe failed with exit code 1.
>>>>
>>>> And got an error: Unexpected OPTLINK Termination at EIP=0040F60A
>>>> EAX=06CB0000 EBX=00438C70 ECX=000002C2 EDX=0000030D
>>>> ESI=00257000 EDI=06CB34F8 EBP=0019FF38 ESP=0019FEF0
>>>> First=00402000
>>>>
>>>> Similar to this one: https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18799
>>>
>>> Did you try the newer MSCOFF format
>>>
>>> dub --arch=x86_mscoff start_minimum_server.d
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> dub --arch=x64 start_minimum_server.d
>> 
>> C:\Users\Vaidas\Desktop>dub --arch=x86_mscoff start_minimum_server.d
>> Failed to find a package named 'start_minimum_server.d'.
>> 
>> C:\Users\Vaidas\Desktop>dub --arch=x64 start_minimum_server.d
>> Unsupported architecture: x64
>
> didn't you forget `--single` option?
> ```
> dub --arch=x64 --single start_minimum_server.d
> ```

--single is not needed because dub will add it automatically for you.

It seems like an optlink bug. Switching to mscoff32/x64 works, but only if you have in addition Microsoft Build Tools or s.th. similar installed.

Therefore dmd ships now with the llvm linker but I am not sure how mature this is.

Kind regards
Andre

On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 16:34:53 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 16:18:27 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 12:13:56 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>>>
>>> This is the code example, that was presented on the https://dlang.org frontpage:
>>
>> Maybe that isn't the best choice of beginner example if even the D experts can't figure out how to get it to run.
>
> Might be a bug, I have already reported it and saw some bug duplicates like mine.
> However, since 2017 report, it seems to be - still not going well.
> If I have a chance I'll try to download latest dlang distribution and install on a completely clean Windows 10 Operating system. But I'm not hoping for any luck, but still in need of try trial.

So I gave this a try and this command worked:

 >dub --arch=x86_64 --single start_minimal_server.d

I'm on Windows 8 with All the visual studio versions installed
DMD32 D Compiler v2.080.0-beta.1
DUB version 1.9.0-beta.1, built on Apr 17 2018

On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 17:35:13 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote:
> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 16:34:53 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 16:18:27 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 12:13:56 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This is the code example, that was presented on the https://dlang.org frontpage:
>>>
>>> Maybe that isn't the best choice of beginner example if even the D experts can't figure out how to get it to run.
>>
>> Might be a bug, I have already reported it and saw some bug duplicates like mine.
>> However, since 2017 report, it seems to be - still not going well.
>> If I have a chance I'll try to download latest dlang distribution and install on a completely clean Windows 10 Operating system. But I'm not hoping for any luck, but still in need of try trial.
>
> So I gave this a try and this command worked:
>
>  >dub --arch=x86_64 --single start_minimal_server.d
>
> I'm on Windows 8 with All the visual studio versions installed
> DMD32 D Compiler v2.080.0-beta.1
> DUB version 1.9.0-beta.1, built on Apr 17 2018

Tested with these versions so far, and had all the same errors:
C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
DMD32 D Compiler v2.079.1

C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
DUB version 1.8.1, built on Apr 14 2018

C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
DMD32 D Compiler v2.080.0

C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
DUB version 1.9.0, built on May  1 2018

On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 18:38:10 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
> Tested with these versions so far, and had all the same errors:
> C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
> DMD32 D Compiler v2.079.1
>
> C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
> DUB version 1.8.1, built on Apr 14 2018
>
> C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
> DMD32 D Compiler v2.080.0
>
> C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
> DUB version 1.9.0, built on May  1 2018

Well I'm pretty sure the primary reason for my success is having Visual Studio installed and using the ms linker.

On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 18:38:10 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 17:35:13 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 16:34:53 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 16:18:27 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 12:13:56 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the code example, that was presented on the https://dlang.org frontpage:
>>>>
>>>> Maybe that isn't the best choice of beginner example if even the D experts can't figure out how to get it to run.
>>>
>>> Might be a bug, I have already reported it and saw some bug duplicates like mine.
>>> However, since 2017 report, it seems to be - still not going well.
>>> If I have a chance I'll try to download latest dlang distribution and install on a completely clean Windows 10 Operating system. But I'm not hoping for any luck, but still in need of try trial.
>>
>> So I gave this a try and this command worked:
>>
>>  >dub --arch=x86_64 --single start_minimal_server.d
>>
>> I'm on Windows 8 with All the visual studio versions installed
>> DMD32 D Compiler v2.080.0-beta.1
>> DUB version 1.9.0-beta.1, built on Apr 17 2018
>
> Tested with these versions so far, and had all the same errors:
> C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
> DMD32 D Compiler v2.079.1
>
> C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
> DUB version 1.8.1, built on Apr 14 2018
>
> C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
> DMD32 D Compiler v2.080.0
>
> C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
> DUB version 1.9.0, built on May  1 2018

Linking...
C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\lld-link.exe: warning: eventcore.lib(sockets_106c_952.obj): undefined symbol: SetWindowLongPtrA
C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\lld-link.exe: warning: eventcore.lib(sockets_106c_952.obj): undefined symbol: GetWindowLongPtrA
error: link failed
Error: linker exited with status 1
C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd.exe failed with exit code 1.

On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 18:40:34 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 18:38:10 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 17:35:13 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> Tested with these versions so far, and had all the same errors:
>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
>> DMD32 D Compiler v2.079.1
>>
>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
>> DUB version 1.8.1, built on Apr 14 2018
>>
>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
>> DMD32 D Compiler v2.080.0
>>
>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
>> DUB version 1.9.0, built on May  1 2018
>
> Linking...
> C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\lld-link.exe: warning: eventcore.lib(sockets_106c_952.obj): undefined symbol: SetWindowLongPtrA
> C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\lld-link.exe: warning: eventcore.lib(sockets_106c_952.obj): undefined symbol: GetWindowLongPtrA
> error: link failed
> Error: linker exited with status 1
> C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd.exe failed with exit code 1.

That's with DMD's bundled LLD linker.
Have you tried:

1) installing MS Visual Studio (as others have mentioned their linker works)
2) Using LDC (they usually ship a newer version of the LLD linker)

On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 19:19:26 UTC, Seb wrote:
> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 18:40:34 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 18:38:10 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 17:35:13 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Tested with these versions so far, and had all the same errors:
>>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
>>> DMD32 D Compiler v2.079.1
>>>
>>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
>>> DUB version 1.8.1, built on Apr 14 2018
>>>
>>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
>>> DMD32 D Compiler v2.080.0
>>>
>>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
>>> DUB version 1.9.0, built on May  1 2018
>>
>> Linking...
>> C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\lld-link.exe: warning: eventcore.lib(sockets_106c_952.obj): undefined symbol: SetWindowLongPtrA
>> C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\lld-link.exe: warning: eventcore.lib(sockets_106c_952.obj): undefined symbol: GetWindowLongPtrA
>> error: link failed
>> Error: linker exited with status 1
>> C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd.exe failed with exit code 1.
>
> That's with DMD's bundled LLD linker.
> Have you tried:
>
> 1) installing MS Visual Studio (as others have mentioned their linker works)
> 2) Using LDC (they usually ship a newer version of the LLD linker)

I have installed the one suggested by the dmd-2.080.0.exe installer:

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017
Version 15.7.0
VisualStudio.15.Release/15.7.0+27703.1
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.7.02556

Installed Version: Community

Mago Native Debug Engine   1.0.0
A debug engine dedicated to debugging applications written in the D programming language. See the project website at http://www.dsource.org/projects/mago_debugger for more information. Copyright (c) 2010-2014 Aldo J. Nunez

ProjectServicesPackage Extension   1.0
ProjectServicesPackage Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info

Visual D   0.46.0
Integration of the D Programming Language into Visual Studio

On 08/05/2018 21:36, BoQsc wrote:
> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 19:19:26 UTC, Seb wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 18:40:34 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 18:38:10 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 17:35:13 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> Tested with these versions so far, and had all the same errors:
>>>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
>>>> DMD32 D Compiler v2.079.1
>>>>
>>>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
>>>> DUB version 1.8.1, built on Apr 14 2018
>>>>
>>>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dmd --version
>>>> DMD32 D Compiler v2.080.0
>>>>
>>>> C:\Users\Vaidas>dub --version
>>>> DUB version 1.9.0, built on May  1 2018
>>>
>>> Linking...
>>> C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\lld-link.exe: warning: eventcore.lib(sockets_106c_952.obj): undefined symbol: SetWindowLongPtrA
>>> C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\lld-link.exe: warning: eventcore.lib(sockets_106c_952.obj): undefined symbol: GetWindowLongPtrA
>>> error: link failed
>>> Error: linker exited with status 1
>>> C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd.exe failed with exit code 1.

Unfortunately, the MinGW version that the replacement libraries are built from omit this symbol. Please file a bug report.

For Win32 (--arch=x86_mscoff) this symbol is aliased to SetWindowLongA which should be fine.

>>
>> That's with DMD's bundled LLD linker.
>> Have you tried:
>>
>> 1) installing MS Visual Studio (as others have mentioned their linker works)
>> 2) Using LDC (they usually ship a newer version of the LLD linker)
> 
> I have installed the one suggested by the dmd-2.080.0.exe installer:
> 
> Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017
> Version 15.7.0
> VisualStudio.15.Release/15.7.0+27703.1
> Microsoft .NET Framework
> Version 4.7.02556

What you actually need is Visual C++ (linker and runtime libraries). For the missing symbol above you also need the Windows SDK which is usually included in the Visual C++ installation.