MSVC Linker error

[rafaelBauer]

Describe the bug

I am trying to compile the library, using CMake and MSVC, but I am getting a linker error:

example/mqttclient/mqttclient.exe 
cmd.exe /C "cd . && "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\CLion 2021.3.3\bin\cmake\win\x64\bin\cmake.exe" -E vs_link_exe --intdir=example\mqttclient\CMakeFiles\mqttclient.dir --rc=C:\PROGRA~2\WI3CF2~1\10\bin\100203~1.0\x64\rc.exe --mt=C:\PROGRA~2\WI3CF2~1\10\bin\100203~1.0\x64\mt.exe --manifests  -- C:\PROGRA~1\LLVM\bin\lld-link.exe /nologo @CMakeFiles\mqttclient.rsp  /out:example\mqttclient\mqttclient.exe /implib:example\mqttclient\mqttclient.lib /pdb:example\mqttclient\mqttclient.pdb /version:0.0 /machine:X86 /debug /INCREMENTAL /subsystem:console  && cd ."
LINK Pass 1: command "C:\PROGRA~1\LLVM\bin\lld-link.exe /nologo @CMakeFiles\mqttclient.rsp /out:example\mqttclient\mqttclient.exe /implib:example\mqttclient\mqttclient.lib /pdb:example\mqttclient\mqttclient.pdb /version:0.0 /machine:X86 /debug /INCREMENTAL /subsystem:console /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:example\mqttclient\CMakeFiles\mqttclient.dir/intermediate.manifest example\mqttclient\CMakeFiles\mqttclient.dir/manifest.res" failed (exit code 1) with the following output:
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(allocator.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___acrt_iob_func (defined in libucrtd.lib(_file.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(allocator.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _abort (defined in libucrtd.lib(abort.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(allocator.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(allocator.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vfprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(error.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___acrt_iob_func (defined in libucrtd.lib(_file.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(error.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(error.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vfprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(thread_shared.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(logging.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___acrt_iob_func (defined in libucrtd.lib(_file.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(logging.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _abort (defined in libucrtd.lib(abort.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(logging.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(logging.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vfprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(logging.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _fwrite (defined in libucrtd.lib(fwrite.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(logging.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: __errno (defined in libucrtd.lib(errno.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(logging.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _fclose (defined in libucrtd.lib(fclose.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(byte_buf.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(encoding.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(assert.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___acrt_iob_func (defined in libucrtd.lib(_file.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(assert.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _abort (defined in libucrtd.lib(abort.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(assert.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(assert.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vfprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(array_list.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _qsort (defined in libucrtd.lib(qsort.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(array_list.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(hash_table.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(common.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___acrt_iob_func (defined in libucrtd.lib(_file.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(common.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(common.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vfprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(json.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(mutex.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(condition_variable.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(clock.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(condition_variable.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(thread.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(string.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(log_writer.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___acrt_iob_func (defined in libucrtd.lib(_file.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(log_writer.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(log_writer.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _fwrite (defined in libucrtd.lib(fwrite.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(log_writer.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: __errno (defined in libucrtd.lib(errno.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(log_writer.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _fclose (defined in libucrtd.lib(fclose.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(log_formatter.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(log_formatter.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsnprintf_s (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(log_channel.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _fseek (defined in libucrtd.lib(fseek.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: __errno (defined in libucrtd.lib(errno.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _fclose (defined in libucrtd.lib(fclose.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _ftell (defined in libucrtd.lib(ftell.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _fread (defined in libucrtd.lib(fread.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cpuid.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _getenv (defined in libucrtd.lib(getenv.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cpuid.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _atoi (defined in libucrtd.lib(atox.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cpuid.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(encoding_avx2.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(system_info.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _fflush (defined in libucrtd.lib(fflush.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(system_info.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(system_info.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___acrt_iob_func (defined in libucrtd.lib(_file.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(system_info.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vfprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(ref_count.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(ref_count.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _abort (defined in libucrtd.lib(abort.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(task_scheduler.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cJSON.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _malloc (defined in libucrtd.lib(malloc.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cJSON.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _free (defined in libucrtd.lib(free.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cJSON.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _realloc (defined in libucrtd.lib(realloc.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cJSON.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _strncmp (defined in libucrtd.lib(strncmp.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cJSON.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cJSON.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _strtod (defined in libucrtd.lib(strtod.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cJSON.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: __dclass (defined in libucrtd.lib(nan.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cJSON.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsscanf (defined in libucrtd.lib(input.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cJSON.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _tolower (defined in libucrtd.lib(tolower_toupper.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(date_time.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _strtol (defined in libucrtd.lib(strtox.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(date_time.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _strftime (defined in libucrtd.lib(strftime.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(date_time.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(date_time.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _tolower (defined in libucrtd.lib(tolower_toupper.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: __wfopen_s (defined in libucrtd.lib(fopen.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _wcsnlen (defined in libucrtd.lib(strnlen.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: __fseeki64 (defined in libucrtd.lib(fseek.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: __errno (defined in libucrtd.lib(errno.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: __fileno (defined in libucrtd.lib(fileno.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: __get_osfhandle (defined in libucrtd.lib(osfinfo.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(file.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(device_random.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(lru_cache.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cache.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(cpuid.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(device_random.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _abort (defined in libucrtd.lib(abort.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(device_random.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(statistics.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(priority_queue.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _abort (defined in libucrtd.lib(abort.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(priority_queue.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(uri.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(uri.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _atoi (defined in libucrtd.lib(atox.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(environment.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: _getenv (defined in libucrtd.lib(getenv.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(environment.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(time.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: __localtime64_s (defined in libucrtd.lib(localtime.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(time.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: __gmtime64_s (defined in libucrtd.lib(gmtime.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(time.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(uuid.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(uuid.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsscanf (defined in libucrtd.lib(input.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(linked_hash_table.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(rw_lock.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: warning: aws-c-common.lib(fifo_cache.c.obj): locally defined symbol imported: ___stdio_common_vsprintf (defined in libucrtd.lib(output.obj)) [LNK4217]
lld-link: error: undefined symbol: __declspec(dllimport) __aligned_malloc
>>> referenced by C:\Users\andrio01\Documents\git\drivers\build\_deps\aws-crt-cpp-src\crt\aws-c-common\source\allocator.c:59
>>>               aws-c-common.lib(allocator.c.obj):(_s_default_malloc)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: __declspec(dllimport) __aligned_free
>>> referenced by C:\Users\andrio01\Documents\git\drivers\build\_deps\aws-crt-cpp-src\crt\aws-c-common\source\allocator.c:70
>>>               aws-c-common.lib(allocator.c.obj):(_s_default_free)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: __declspec(dllimport) __aligned_realloc
>>> referenced by C:\Users\andrio01\Documents\git\drivers\build\_deps\aws-crt-cpp-src\crt\aws-c-common\source\allocator.c:96
>>>               aws-c-common.lib(allocator.c.obj):(_s_default_realloc)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: __except_handler4_common
>>> referenced by d:\a01\_work\38\s\src\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\eh\i386\chandler4gs.c:94
>>>               msvcrtd.lib(chandler4gs.obj):(__except_handler4)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: __declspec(dllimport) _modf
>>> referenced by C:\Users\andrio01\Documents\git\drivers\build\_deps\aws-crt-cpp-src\crt\aws-c-common\source\date_time.c:191
>>>               aws-c-common.lib(date_time.c.obj):(_aws_date_time_init_epoch_secs)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: __declspec(dllimport) __mktime64
>>> referenced by C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.20348.0\ucrt\time.h:515
>>>               aws-c-common.lib(date_time.c.obj):(_mktime)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: __declspec(dllimport) __putenv_s
>>> referenced by C:\Users\andrio01\Documents\git\drivers\build\_deps\aws-crt-cpp-src\crt\aws-c-common\source\windows\environment.c:41
>>>               aws-c-common.lib(environment.c.obj):(_aws_set_environment_value)
>>> referenced by C:\Users\andrio01\Documents\git\drivers\build\_deps\aws-crt-cpp-src\crt\aws-c-common\source\windows\environment.c:51
>>>               aws-c-common.lib(environment.c.obj):(_aws_unset_environment_value)

lld-link: error: undefined symbol: __declspec(dllimport) __mkgmtime64
>>> referenced by C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.20348.0\ucrt\time.h:507
>>>               aws-c-common.lib(time.c.obj):(__mkgmtime)
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

I set the variables:
set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
set(AWS_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY ON)
set(AWS_WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS OFF)

And my executable is also has the compiler option /MTd

I am not sure how to proceed. Can anyone give any pointers?

Expected Behavior

To compile

Current Behavior

Linker error described above

Reproduction Steps

Build the project with CMake

Possible Solution

No response

Additional Information/Context

No response

aws-crt-cpp version used

0.23.1

Compiler and version used

clang-cl 13.0.1

Operating System and version

Windows 10 x64

[rafaelBauer]

Got it! The problem I was setting the AWS_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY with a "set" and apparently in the aws-c-common uses the option and therefore sets it in the cache.

So, by setting set(AWS_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY ON CACHE BOOL "Build with MSVC Static Runtime Library") solves the problem