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Clarify the static vs. import lib issue on Win32.

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Gisle Vanem 2004-11-24 15:14:42 +00:00
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@ -803,6 +803,22 @@ FAQ
(Provided by Andrew Francis) (Provided by Andrew Francis)
When building an application that uses the static libcurl library, you must
add -DCURL_STATICLIB to your CFLAGS. Otherwise the linker will look for
dynamic import symbols. If you get linker error like "unknown symbol
__imp__curl_easy_init ..." you have linked against the wrong (static) library.
If you want to use the curl.dll and import lib, you don't need any extra CFLAGS,
but use one of the import libraries below. These are the libraries produced by
the various lib/Makefile.* files:
Target: static lib. import lib for curl*.dll.
--------------------------------------------------------
MingW: libcurl.a libcurldll.a
MSVC (release): libcurl.lib libcurl_imp.lib
MSVC (debug): libcurld.lib libcurld_imp.lib
Borland: libcurl.lib libcurl_imp.lib
5.8 libcurl.so.3: open failed: No such file or directory 5.8 libcurl.so.3: open failed: No such file or directory
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