How to solve undefined reference to _imp__** while building a console application in DEV-CPP linked to a static library?-Collection of common programming errors

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Background Information
I’m trying to build the GAUL library according to this Instructions .

The Problem
Well I have two static libraries in C, build by me in Dev-CPP Windows 7 64 bit, one referencing the other.

And to test those I created a Console Application which referenced them.

Well when I tried to compile this is the log I getting:

> Compiler: Default compiler  
> Building Makefile: "C:\Soft\GAUL\Makefile.win"  
> Executing  make...  
> make.exe -f  
> "C:\Soft\GAUL\Makefile.win" all  
> **gcc.exe ../gaul-devel-windows/examples/struggle.o  -o "struggle.exe" -L"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib" gaul-util.a gaul-devel.a**    
>   
> gaul-util.a(memory_util.o)(.text+0x2e):memory_util.c: undefined reference to '_imp__mem_chunk_new_real'  
> gaul-util.a(memory_util.o)(.text+0x6c):memory_util.c: undefined reference to '_imp__mem_chunk_free_real'  
> ...  
> gaul-devel.a(ga_core.o)(.text+0x101):ga_core.c: undefined reference to 'slink_free_all'   
> gaul-devel.a(ga_core.o)(.text+0x360):ga_core.c: undefined reference to 'mem_chunk_new_real'  
> ...  
> collect2: ld returned 1  
> exit status
> 
> make.exe: *** [struggle.exe] Error 1
> 
> Execution terminated

I think that it has something to do with the parameters being used in the gcc command.

Actual Status I’ve tried: – Copying the libraries to C:\Dev-Cpp\lib – Using the whole address before the libraries names – Using -l before the libaries names

– Not using .a after the names

Not successful results with any of those.

Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance.

  1. At the End as @ThiefMaster? said I used a newer builder in this case VC++ and it just worked!

  2. The order of the arguments for linker (ld) is important. If your build fails on the

    gcc.exe ../gaul-devel-windows/examples/struggle.o  -o "struggle.exe" -L"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib" gaul-util.a gaul-devel.a

    line, then try reversing the order of the last two files:

    gcc.exe ../gaul-devel-windows/examples/struggle.o  -o "struggle.exe" -L"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib" gaul-devel.a gaul-util.a

Originally posted 2013-11-27 12:09:46.