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GeneralRe: libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) : error LNK2005: strtoul already defined in . . . Pin
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GeneralRe: libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) : error LNK2005: strtoul already defined in . . . Pin
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GeneralRe: libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) : error LNK2005: strtoul already defined in . . . Pin
RKP72823-Apr-09 22:06
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GeneralRe: libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) : error LNK2005: strtoul already defined in . . . Pin
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GeneralRe: libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) : error LNK2005: strtoul already defined in . . . Pin
RKP72824-Apr-09 0:11
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GeneralRe: libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) : error LNK2005: strtoul already defined in . . . Pin
Stuart Dootson24-Apr-09 1:16
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GeneralRe: libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) : error LNK2005: strtoul already defined in . . . Pin
RKP72824-Apr-09 1:53
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GeneralRe: libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) : error LNK2005: strtoul already defined in . . . Pin
Stuart Dootson24-Apr-09 3:23
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rupeshk_p wrote:
The libcmtd.lib of both VS2003 and VS2008 has the definitions of strtoul.
But the build fails in VS2008.


That is because the VS2008 build pulls in strtol.obj out of libcmtd.lib (that's what libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) means), whereas the VS2003 build doesn't.

Object code libraries aren't really single units - they're a bit like zip files, in that they're made up of lots of different files internally. What this means is that if nothing requires a symbol that is only found in libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj), libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) will not be looked at by the linker. This is what happens with the VS2003 build.

The VS2008 build, however, needs a definition of _strtol - that must have been added to the C run-time somewhere. Now, _strtol is only found in libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj). So, the linker adds the object file libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) to the build. However, when it then comes to tie all the object files together, it finds two definitions of _strtoul - the one in libcmtd.lib(strtol.obj) and the one in your code. It does not (cannot) know which to use, so it raises a fatal error.

rupeshk_p wrote:
Does /MT or /Mtd option of linking has anything to do with this error?


I doubt it, but you could try.

What you have encountered however, is the reason that you shouldn't do things like redefine standard functions - some completely unrelated change in the Microsoft libraries has broken your build!

Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

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