RE: Static Linked on Linux and Win32

Ah, excellent -- thanks.  I should have read the Win32 build 
instructions more closely.  Thanks!

-david

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 1:19am, Dror Shilo wrote:
> On win32 to link statically you have to add the flag APR_DECLARE_STATIC
>
> I send you this sample
> the apr is installed at
> c:\Ericom++\apr
>
> Dror Shilo
> Ericom Software
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Barrett [mailto:dbarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 9:22 PM
> To: dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Static Linked on Linux and Win32
>
>
> Hi, I'm really excited to use APR, but I'm having trouble getting my 
> "Hello
> World" application to work with static linkage, on both Linux and 
> Win32.
>
> Basically, I have a single-file application:
>
> # // Main.cpp
> # #include <iostream>
> # #include "apr.h"
> # #include "apr_general.h"
> #
> # using namespace std;
> #
> # // main
> # int main( int argc, char const* const* argv )
> # {
> #       cout << "Hello world!";
> #
> #       // Start APR
> #       apr_app_initialize( &argc, &argv, 0 );
> #
> #       unsigned char buf[10];
> #       apr_generate_random_bytes( buf, 10 );
> #
> #       // Done
> #       apr_terminate( );
> #       return 0;
> # }
>
> I can successfully compile, link, and execute the file on Win32 with 
> APR
> 1.0.0 when linking with the dynamic library:
>
> # $APRBASE\Debug\libapr-1.lib
> # $APRBASE\Debug\libapr-1.dll
>
> However, if I try to link with the static library on Win32:
>
> # $APRBASE\libd\apr-1.lib
>
> I get the following linker errors:
>
> # Linking...
> # main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol 
> __imp__apr_terminate
> referenced in function _main
> # main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
> __imp__apr_generate_random_bytes@8 referenced in function _main
> # main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
> __imp__apr_app_initialize@12 referenced in function _main
> # Debug/APRtest.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals
>
> Likewise, I can compile and link on Linux (Fedora Core 2) using the 
> shared
> library using the following Ant build file:
>
> # <project name="aprtest" default="compile">
> #       <target name="compile">
> #               <exec executable="g++">
> #                       <arg value="-oaprtest"/>
> #                       <arg value="-I./unixlibs/apr-1/include/apr-1"/>
> #                       <arg value="-L./unixlibs/apr-1/lib"/>
> #                       <arg value="-lapr-1"/>
> #                       <arg value="-shared"/>
> #                       <arg file="main.cpp"/>
> #               </exec>
> #       </target>
> # </project>
>
> But if I change line 8 from "-shared" to "-static", I get the following
> linker errors:
>
> # compile:
> #      [exec] /tmp/ccNWTzJF.o(.text+0x33): In function `main':
> #      [exec] : undefined reference to `apr_app_initialize'
> #      [exec] /tmp/ccNWTzJF.o(.text+0x44): In function `main':
> #      [exec] : undefined reference to `apr_generate_random_bytes'
> #      [exec] /tmp/ccNWTzJF.o(.text+0x4c): In function `main':
> #      [exec] : undefined reference to `apr_terminate'
> #      [exec] collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> So, I'm seeing the exact same problem on both platforms.  Obviously I'm
> doing something wrong, and I'm hoping it's something simple.  Does 
> anyone
> see what I should do differently to get static linkage to work?
>
> -david