Commit 6ce76e69 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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FAQ: CURL_STATICLIB for visual studio users 

Clarified as it isn't used with a -D option for them.

Reported by: Artfunkel
Bug: http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=3060381
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  When building an application that uses the static libcurl library, you must

  add -DCURL_STATICLIB to your CFLAGS. Otherwise the linker will look for

  dynamic import symbols. If you get linker error like "unknown symbol

  __imp__curl_easy_init ..." you have linked against the wrong (static)

  library.  If you want to use the libcurl.dll and import lib, you don't need

  any extra CFLAGS, but use one of the import libraries below. These are the

  libraries produced by the various lib/Makefile.* files:

  dynamic import symbols. If you're using Visual Studio, you need to instead

  add CURL_STATICLIB in the "Preprocessor Definitions" section.



  If you get linker error like "unknown symbol __imp__curl_easy_init ..." you

  have linked against the wrong (static) library.  If you want to use the

  libcurl.dll and import lib, you don't need any extra CFLAGS, but use one of

  the import libraries below. These are the libraries produced by the various

  lib/Makefile.* files:



  Target:          static lib.   import lib for libcurl*.dll.

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