On 13 December 2012 00:35, Jesse Nicholson <ascensionsystems_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> So I've been trying since yesterday to get curl to build with c-ares and
> zlib support... and since I'm about ready to bash my head off the desk till
> I pass out... I figured hey! why not ask the good folks on the mailing list
> before incurring self inflicted injury!
>
> Anyway so I downloaded latest release c-ares, zlib and curl... compiled
> c-ares successfully (although I can only get it to spit out a static lib),
> zlib compiled without issue, then on to curl. Curl will compile the static
> lib without issue, but as soon as it goes to link together libcurl.dll, I
> get a ton of undefined references to c-ares functions. (note that the linker
> doesn't complain about not finding -lcares) Example:
>
> "D:\cppsourceandlibs\curl-7.28.1\lib/version.c:312: undefined referenec to
> `_imp__ares_version`
>
> Etc. I'm using the Makefile.m32 under CURL_DIR/lib to compile, exact command
> is:
>
> "mingw32-make -f Makefile.m32 CFG=-zlib-ares

See if this helps:

http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html#Link_errors_when_building_libcur

> If anyone can provide ANY insight into what I'm doing wrong or even better
> how to do it right, I'd be eternally grateful. Thanks,

I'm not sure, but it might help to get cares building as a DLL first.

-- 
Michael Wood <esiotrot_at_gmail.com>
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