Linking MSVCRT with Qt5.3

[Peppy]

Hello guys, I am trying to statically link library libmsvcrt.a in order to link the required _get_current_locale, which is an external library dependency.

I've tried -lmsvcrt which does not seem to be working. Any idea how to link the needed function? I'm using Qt 5.3. with MinGW.

[jsulm]

@Peppy Is libmsvcrt.a built with the same compiler?

[raven-worx]

@Peppy said:

I've tried -lmsvcrt which does not seem to be working.

i think i will never understand why so many people are expecting help in a forum but not saying what's actually not working... :)

Whats the error, etc.?
From where have you taken libmsvcrt.a?

[Peppy]

The libmsvcrt.a is shipped with MinGW that is shipped with Qt 5.3
What is not working: _get_current_locale is missing (undefined reference...)

[raven-worx]

@Peppy said:

The libmsvcrt.a is shipped with MinGW that is shipped with Qt 5.3

AFAIK this is not a static lib?!

[Peppy]

It is not, hence I've assumed that if I do this

#include <locale.h>
//... 
int main() {
  _locale_t t = _get_current_locale();
}

that it will work, because it's included in the header.

[raven-worx]

@Peppy
only if the method's body is also in the header file of course.
Otherwise it is missing and you get the error you already experienced.

[Peppy]

@raven-worx @jsulm And therefore I am looking for the way how to mangle the VCRT library into my project, it's mandatory.