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Qt 5.11.3 works fine, but Qt 5.12.1 throws LINKER errors

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  • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

    So how to you link against the netlib library? Are you sure the netlib library is linked with the same compiler as Qt?

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    @Christian-Ehrlicher

    The compile which I'm using is MSVC2017_64bit :

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      MSVC needs the correct path instead -L and -l afaik
      https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-variable-reference.html#libs

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      • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

        MSVC needs the correct path instead -L and -l afaik
        https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-variable-reference.html#libs

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        @Christian-Ehrlicher

        Thanks :) The strange point is that I have two more libraries which I'm linking against with the same approach without any issue. But only this net library is giving me troubles!

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          Maybe the function is not properly exported? Maybe take a look at the exported function declarations with Dependency Walker - make sure the export string (_imp?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ) shown there looks exactly the same.

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          • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

            Maybe the function is not properly exported? Maybe take a look at the exported function declarations with Dependency Walker - make sure the export string (_imp?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ) shown there looks exactly the same.

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            @Christian-Ehrlicher

            Good idea :) I'm going to employ dependency walker tools

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            • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

              Maybe the function is not properly exported? Maybe take a look at the exported function declarations with Dependency Walker - make sure the export string (_imp?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ) shown there looks exactly the same.

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              @Christian-Ehrlicher

              I double-checked my netlib DLL with dependency walker, I can see the export:

              0_1552303570459_5fc43f6a-1a49-4307-b5b4-156b5e8b1a6c-image.png

              Also, on my main.obj I can see the import:

              0_1552303780368_7fcee3d7-1947-477a-8391-4ff3c54e5ef9-image.png

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                I've no idea - does the linker really links against the import lib? Are other functions from within the library are resolved?

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                  @Christian-Ehrlicher

                  I double-checked my netlib DLL with dependency walker, I can see the export:

                  0_1552303570459_5fc43f6a-1a49-4307-b5b4-156b5e8b1a6c-image.png

                  Also, on my main.obj I can see the import:

                  0_1552303780368_7fcee3d7-1947-477a-8391-4ff3c54e5ef9-image.png

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                  @m3g1dd While checking the netlib DLL is a good thing for avoiding failures when launching your application.exe (when the .dll is loaded), here the error occurs not when running the app, but when linking it, So the .dll is immaterial, you could instead check the netlib.lib file, that's what the linker is reading.

                  Dependency Walker isn't well suited for reading .lib files, but there's a tool in MSVC2017 called dumpbin, easiest is to start it from a Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017. To get the complete information, use the /linkermember switch, say like this:

                  dumpbin /linkermember netlib.lib
                  

                  Then check in the list if that symbol is exported, it should be 2 of them, one __imp?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ and one ?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ

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                  • hskoglundH hskoglund

                    @m3g1dd While checking the netlib DLL is a good thing for avoiding failures when launching your application.exe (when the .dll is loaded), here the error occurs not when running the app, but when linking it, So the .dll is immaterial, you could instead check the netlib.lib file, that's what the linker is reading.

                    Dependency Walker isn't well suited for reading .lib files, but there's a tool in MSVC2017 called dumpbin, easiest is to start it from a Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017. To get the complete information, use the /linkermember switch, say like this:

                    dumpbin /linkermember netlib.lib
                    

                    Then check in the list if that symbol is exported, it should be 2 of them, one __imp?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ and one ?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ

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                    @hskoglund

                    Thanks! I run the command on Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017 and I get the results, I can see both ?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ and __imp_?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ expressions:

                    C:\Users\me\repos\build-application-Desktop_Qt_5_12_1_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug\netlib\debug>dumpbin /linkermember netlib.lib
                    Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Dumper Version 14.15.26730.0
                    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
                    
                    
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                         1B30 __NULL_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR
                         1C66 netlib_NULL_THUNK_DATA
                         2878 ?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ
                         2878 __imp_?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ
                         2E0C ?tr@Netlib@@SA?AVQString@@PEBD0H@Z
                         2E0C __imp_?tr@Netlib@@SA?AVQString@@PEBD0H@Z
                         2E8A ?trUtf8@Netlib@@SA?AVQString@@PEBD0H@Z
                         2E8A __imp_?trUtf8@Netlib@@SA?AVQString@@PEBD0H@Z
                         1DBE ??0Netlib@@QEAA@XZ
                         1DBE __imp_??0Netlib@@QEAA@XZ
                         1E2C ??1Netlib@@UEAA@XZ
                         1E2C __imp_??1Netlib@@UEAA@XZ
                         1F06 ?agentDiscover@Netlib@@QEAAXXZ
                         1F06 __imp_?agentDiscover@Netlib@@QEAAXXZ
                         1FFA ?agentSlice@Netlib@@QEAA_NAEBVQUrl@@AEBVQString@@V3@222@Z
                         1FFA __imp_?agentSlice@Netlib@@QEAA_NAEBVQUrl@@AEBVQString@@V3@222@Z
                         210E ?discoveryInProgress@Netlib@@QEBA_NXZ
                         210E __imp_?discoveryInProgress@Netlib@@QEBA_NXZ
                         28FC ?setDiscoveryInProgress@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         28FC __imp_?setDiscoveryInProgress@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         2C7E ?slicingInProgress@Netlib@@QEBA_NXZ
                         2C7E __imp_?slicingInProgress@Netlib@@QEBA_NXZ
                         2A82 ?setSlicingInProgress@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         2A82 __imp_?setSlicingInProgress@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         2530 ?layerID@Netlib@@QEBA?AVQString@@XZ
                         2530 __imp_?layerID@Netlib@@QEBA?AVQString@@XZ
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                         2982 __imp_?setLayerID@Netlib@@QEAAXVQString@@@Z
                         2B82 ?slicingDone@Netlib@@QEBA_NXZ
                         2B82 __imp_?slicingDone@Netlib@@QEBA_NXZ
                         2A04 ?setSlicingDone@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         2A04 __imp_?setSlicingDone@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         24BE ?init@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         24BE __imp_?init@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         22AA ?getOsName@Netlib@@AEAA?AVQString@@XZ
                         22AA __imp_?getOsName@Netlib@@AEAA?AVQString@@XZ
                         2090 ?discoveryFinished@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         2090 __imp_?discoveryFinished@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         2B06 ?slicerFinished@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         2B06 __imp_?slicerFinished@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         1F80 ?agentLogReady@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         1F80 __imp_?agentLogReady@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         2430 ?handleSlicingInProgressChanged@Netlib@@AEAAX_N@Z
                         2430 __imp_?handleSlicingInProgressChanged@Netlib@@AEAAX_N@Z
                         232C ?getSlicerProgress@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         232C __imp_?getSlicerProgress@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         23AA ?getSlicerProgressFinished@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         23AA __imp_?getSlicerProgressFinished@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                         1E9A __imp_??_7Netlib@@6B@
                         2636 ?metaObject@Netlib@@UEBAPEBUQMetaObject@@XZ
                         2636 __imp_?metaObject@Netlib@@UEBAPEBUQMetaObject@@XZ
                         2752 ?qt_metacast@Netlib@@UEAAPEAXPEBD@Z
                         2752 __imp_?qt_metacast@Netlib@@UEAAPEAXPEBD@Z
                         26BE ?qt_metacall@Netlib@@UEAAHW4Call@QMetaObject@@HPEAPEAX@Z
                         26BE __imp_?qt_metacall@Netlib@@UEAAHW4Call@QMetaObject@@HPEAPEAX@Z
                         27D2 ?qt_static_metacall@Netlib@@CAXPEAVQObject@@W4Call@QMetaObject@@HPEAPEAX@Z
                         27D2 __imp_?qt_static_metacall@Netlib@@CAXPEAVQObject@@W4Call@QMetaObject@@HPEAPEAX@Z
                         2190 ?discoveryInProgressChanged@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         2190 __imp_?discoveryInProgressChanged@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         221A ?discoveryResultChanged@Netlib@@QEAAXVQJsonArray@@@Z
                         221A __imp_?discoveryResultChanged@Netlib@@QEAAXVQJsonArray@@@Z
                         2CFE ?slicingInProgressChanged@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         2CFE __imp_?slicingInProgressChanged@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         25B0 ?layerIDChanged@Netlib@@QEAAXVQString@@@Z
                         25B0 __imp_?layerIDChanged@Netlib@@QEAAXVQString@@@Z
                         2BFC ?slicingDoneChanged@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         2BFC __imp_?slicingDoneChanged@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                         2D86 __imp_?staticMetaObject@Netlib@@2UQMetaObject@@B
                    
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                            7 ??0Netlib@@QEAA@XZ
                            8 ??1Netlib@@UEAA@XZ
                            9 ?agentDiscover@Netlib@@QEAAXXZ
                           17 ?agentLogReady@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                            A ?agentSlice@Netlib@@QEAA_NAEBVQUrl@@AEBVQString@@V3@222@Z
                           15 ?discoveryFinished@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                            B ?discoveryInProgress@Netlib@@QEBA_NXZ
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                           19 ?getSlicerProgress@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
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                            F ?layerID@Netlib@@QEBA?AVQString@@XZ
                           23 ?layerIDChanged@Netlib@@QEAAXVQString@@@Z
                           1C ?metaObject@Netlib@@UEBAPEBUQMetaObject@@XZ
                           1E ?qt_metacall@Netlib@@UEAAHW4Call@QMetaObject@@HPEAPEAX@Z
                           1D ?qt_metacast@Netlib@@UEAAPEAXPEBD@Z
                           1F ?qt_static_metacall@Netlib@@CAXPEAVQObject@@W4Call@QMetaObject@@HPEAPEAX@Z
                            4 ?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ
                            C ?setDiscoveryInProgress@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                           10 ?setLayerID@Netlib@@QEAAXVQString@@@Z
                           12 ?setSlicingDone@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                            E ?setSlicingInProgress@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                           16 ?slicerFinished@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                           11 ?slicingDone@Netlib@@QEBA_NXZ
                           24 ?slicingDoneChanged@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                            D ?slicingInProgress@Netlib@@QEBA_NXZ
                           22 ?slicingInProgressChanged@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                            5 ?tr@Netlib@@SA?AVQString@@PEBD0H@Z
                            6 ?trUtf8@Netlib@@SA?AVQString@@PEBD0H@Z
                            1 __IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR_netlib
                            2 __NULL_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR
                            7 __imp_??0Netlib@@QEAA@XZ
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                           15 __imp_?discoveryFinished@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
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                            4 __imp_?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ
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                            E __imp_?setSlicingInProgress@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                           16 __imp_?slicerFinished@Netlib@@AEAAXXZ
                           11 __imp_?slicingDone@Netlib@@QEBA_NXZ
                           24 __imp_?slicingDoneChanged@Netlib@@QEAAX_N@Z
                            D __imp_?slicingInProgress@Netlib@@QEBA_NXZ
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                    • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

                      I've no idea - does the linker really links against the import lib? Are other functions from within the library are resolved?

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                      Thanks! Yes, other functions of netlib are linked fine. I will update if I figure out the cause :)

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                        Hi, just to check, what version of MSVC did you use for Qt 5.11.3 (when the linking worked), was it MSVC 2017 32-bit or MSVC 2017 64-bit?

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                        • hskoglundH hskoglund

                          Hi, just to check, what version of MSVC did you use for Qt 5.11.3 (when the linking worked), was it MSVC 2017 32-bit or MSVC 2017 64-bit?

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                          @hskoglund

                          Hi! Thanks for follow up :)

                          For Qt 5.11.3 I'm using MSVC2017_64bit which works fine. My build directories are:

                          build-application-Desktop_Qt_5_11_3_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug
                          build-application-Desktop_Qt_5_11_3_MSVC2017_64bit-Release
                          build-application-Desktop_Qt_5_12_1_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug
                          
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                            New observation: I installed Qt5.12.0 and my application compiles/links/runs just fine. I'm going to re-install Qt5.12.1 ... I have a feeling maybe re-installing it will resolve linker errors ... lets see ...

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                              I reinstalled Qt 5.12.1 but it still throws the above-mentioned linker error. So basically, my observation is:

                              1. On Windows, Qt 5.11.3 and 5.12.0 work fine
                              2. On Windows, Qt 5.12.1 throws linker error
                              3. On Linux openSUSE Leap 15, Qt 5.12.1 works fine
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                                Hmm, just to check again: release builds and debug builds on 5.12.0 MSVC 2017 links fine and dandy, but the same linker throws a tantrum both for release and debug builds on 5.12.1 MSVC 2017.

                                Also, could do you a similar dumpbin on a 5.12.0 debug built netlib.lib as you did above for a 5.12.1 debug build?

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                                • hskoglundH hskoglund

                                  Hmm, just to check again: release builds and debug builds on 5.12.0 MSVC 2017 links fine and dandy, but the same linker throws a tantrum both for release and debug builds on 5.12.1 MSVC 2017.

                                  Also, could do you a similar dumpbin on a 5.12.0 debug built netlib.lib as you did above for a 5.12.1 debug build?

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                                  @hskoglund

                                  Let me double-check everything again ... I'll give an update ...

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                                  • hskoglundH hskoglund

                                    Hmm, just to check again: release builds and debug builds on 5.12.0 MSVC 2017 links fine and dandy, but the same linker throws a tantrum both for release and debug builds on 5.12.1 MSVC 2017.

                                    Also, could do you a similar dumpbin on a 5.12.0 debug built netlib.lib as you did above for a 5.12.1 debug build?

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                                    @hskoglund

                                    I double-checked to make sure nothing is missed:

                                    1. Qt_5_12_0_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug links fine and application runs :)
                                    2. Qt_5_12_0_MSVC2017_64bit-Release links fine and application runs :)
                                    3. Qt_5_12_1_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug throws:

                                    main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) void __cdecl NetLibrary::registerNetLibraryQML(void)" (_imp?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ) referenced in function main

                                    1. Qt_5_12_1_MSVC2017_64bit-Release throws:

                                    main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) void __cdecl NetLibrary::registerNetLibraryQML(void)" (_imp?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ) referenced in function main


                                    Also, here is the dumpbin for netlib.lib on Qt_5_12_0_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug which links fine and works nice:

                                    C:\Users\me\repos\build-application-Desktop_Qt_5_12_0_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug\netlib\debug>dumpbin /linkermember netlib.lib
                                    Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Dumper Version 14.15.26730.0
                                    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
                                    
                                    
                                    Dump of file netlib.lib
                                    
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                                         1B30 __NULL_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR
                                         1C66 netlib_NULL_THUNK_DATA
                                         2878 ?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ
                                         2878 __imp_?registerNetLibraryQML@NetLibrary@@YAXXZ
                                         2E0C ?tr@Netlib@@SA?AVQString@@PEBD0H@Z
                                         2E0C __imp_?tr@Netlib@@SA?AVQString@@PEBD0H@Z
                                         2E8A ?trUtf8@Netlib@@SA?AVQString@@PEBD0H@Z
                                         2E8A __imp_?trUtf8@Netlib@@SA?AVQString@@PEBD0H@Z
                                         1DBE ??0Netlib@@QEAA@XZ
                                         1DBE __imp_??0Netlib@@QEAA@XZ
                                         1E2C ??1Netlib@@UEAA@XZ
                                         1E2C __imp_??1Netlib@@UEAA@XZ
                                         1F06 ?agentDiscover@Netlib@@QEAAXXZ
                                         1F06 __imp_?agentDiscover@Netlib@@QEAAXXZ
                                         1FFA ?agentSlice@Netlib@@QEAA_NAEBVQUrl@@AEBVQString@@V3@222@Z
                                         1FFA __imp_?agentSlice@Netlib@@QEAA_NAEBVQUrl@@AEBVQString@@V3@222@Z
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                                      Summary
                                    
                                              C0 .debug$S
                                              14 .idata$2
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                                    • hskoglundH Online
                                      hskoglundH Online
                                      hskoglund
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #22

                                      Hi, the dumpbin for 5.12.1 is identical to 5.12.0. Seems netlib.lib is the innocent guy here. So it must be the client program, i.e. your main.cpp, perhaps some kind of visibility problem. We're running out of options so I'm thinking you could try renaming your library to something less generic/vanilla (there are many other libraries called netlib.xxx out there, perhaps one of them has snuck into in 5.12.1)

                                      So say instead of netlib you could call it m3gnetlib (prefixing with half of your username).
                                      That would mean changing the .pro file, the .h and .cpp files and also the #define from NETLIBSHARED_EXPORT to M3GNETLIBSHARED_EXPORT.

                                      I remember running into similar inexplicable issues in the past, and renaming the files helped (sometimes :-)

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                                        mchinand
                                        wrote on last edited by mchinand
                                        #23

                                        In 5.12.1, default Windows library paths (e.g., Windows Kits) were added to the search path in qmake's makefile generator, but were added before the user-specified paths instead of after. There's already a commit to fix this and should be in 5.12.3. See this bugreport

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                                        • hskoglundH Online
                                          hskoglundH Online
                                          hskoglund
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #24

                                          Thanks @mchinand!

                                          In Qt 5.12.1 @m3g1dd 's netlib.lib gets muscled out by the big wheels at Microsoft, when I do a dir of the Windows Kits on my C: indeed there's a netlib.lib there. And that's what the linker tries to link with.

                                          So either as I mentioned above go do that renaming, or wait for 5.12.3.

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