Hi, I'm currently maintaining the binary builds (eggs) of python-ldap (http://python-ldap.sf.net). So far I built the Windows versions using MingW, and therefore have to deliver an extra package of DLLs (sasl, OpenLDAP, openssl, ...). To circumvent this, I now try to build everything statically using Visual Studio .NET. For some parts, e.g. openssl, this works like a charm, but trying to build static cyrus-sasl-libs I ran into problems. To build the library, I introduced a new target in lib/NTMakefile: libsasl.lib: $(libsasl_objs) $(libsasl_res) lib /out:"libsasl.lib" /subsystem:console \ $(SYS_LIBS) $(EXTRA_LIBS) $(libsasl_objs) $(libsasl_res) Doing so (and leaving out the .dll part, that would indirectly build libsasl.lib as an import library, everything seems fine. But as soon as I try to link against libsasl.lib, I get: saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__sasl_errstring referenced in function _exit_sasl saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__sasl_done referenced in function _main saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__sasl_dispose referenced in function _main saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__prop_dispose referenced in function _main saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__sasl_auxprop_store referenced in function _main saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__prop_set referenced in function _main saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__prop_request referenced in function _main saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__prop_new referenced in function _main saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__sasl_setpass referenced in function _main saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__sasl_server_new referenced in function _main saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__sasl_server_init referenced in function _main saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__sasl_version referenced in function _main saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__optind saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__optarg saslpasswd.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__getopt referenced in function _main saslpasswd2.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 15 unresolved externals Does anyone know, how to do it right? Thanks in advance and best regards, Torsten -- Some bachelors want a meaningful overnight relationship.
