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MinGW's linker (ld.exe) gives dozens of errors regarding the glfw3.lib static library file. Unlike the Visual Studio's (link.exe)

byMR
July 4, 2023

I’m not using any IDE.

Here is my only cmake file :

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)

project(App VERSION 1.3)

file(GLOB_RECURSE APP_SOURCES
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cpp
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.c
)

# Set C++ standard to C++17
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)


# Define CMAKE_HAS_X
add_definitions(-DCMAKE_HAS_X)


if(WIN32)
    # Add Windows-specific configurations
    add_executable(  
                    MyApp
                    ${APP_SOURCES}
                    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Installer/AppIcon.rc
                 )
   
    target_compile_definitions(MyApp PRIVATE CRT)

else()
   
# Add non-Windows configurations
   add_executable(
                    MyApp
                    ${APP_SOURCES}
                )

endif(WIN32)





# Installer
install(TARGETS MyApp)

install(
            FILES
            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/freetype.dll
            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/assimp-vc142-mtd.dll
            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/OpenAL32.dll
            DESTINATION bin
        )

install(
            DIRECTORY
            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Resources
            DESTINATION bin
        )




# Add include directories for MyApp target
target_include_directories(MyApp PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Main/thirdparty/include/)
target_include_directories(MyApp PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Main/thirdparty)
target_include_directories(MyApp PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Main/src)

# Add link directories for MyApp target
target_link_directories(MyApp PRIVATE 
    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Main/thirdparty/lib
    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Main/thirdparty/lib/freetype
    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
)

# Include directories for X11 and GLFW
include_directories(${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})
include_directories(${GLFW_INCLUDE_DIRS})

# Link libraries for MyApp target
target_link_libraries(MyApp PRIVATE 
    freetype 
    assimp-vc142-mtd 
    OpenAL32 
    glfw3 
    ${X11_LIBRARIES} 
    ${GLFW_LIBRARIES}
)

If my mind doesn’t deceives me I handled the same issue in the mac environment using this cmake function :

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set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${GCC_COVERAGE_LINKER_FLAGS} -I/usr/local/lib -framework Cocoa -framework IOKit -framework CoreVideo -framework OpenGL -lglfw3")

Linker error messages :

Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(ExportModel.cpp.obj):ExportModel.cp:(.text+0x86): 
undefined reference to `Assimp::Exporter::Exporter()'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(ExportModel.cpp.obj):ExportModel.cp:(.text+0x9a): 
undefined reference to `Assimp::Exporter::GetExportFormatDescription(unsigned long long) const'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(ExportModel.cpp.obj):ExportModel.cp:(.text+0x1bc): undefined reference to `Assimp::Exporter::~Exporter()'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(ExportModel.cpp.obj):ExportModel.cp:(.text+0x22c): undefined reference to `Assimp::Exporter::~Exporter()'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(ExportModel.cpp.obj):ExportModel.cp:(.text+0x273): undefined reference to `aiScene::aiScene()'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(ExportModel.cpp.obj):ExportModel.cp:(.text+0x497): undefined reference to `aiNode::aiNode()'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(ExportModel.cpp.obj):ExportModel.cp:(.text$_ZN6Assimp8Exporter6ExportEPK7aiSceneRKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEESB_jPKNS_16ExportPropertiesE[_ZN6Assimp8Exporter6ExportEPK7aiSceneRKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEESB_jPKNS_16ExportPropertiesE]+0x5d): undefined reference to `Assimp::Exporter::Export(aiScene const*, char const*, char const*, unsigned int, Assimp::ExportProperties const*)'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(LoadModel.cpp.obj):LoadModel.cpp:(.text+0x116): undefined reference to `Assimp::Importer::Importer()'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(LoadModel.cpp.obj):LoadModel.cpp:(.text+0x1a4): undefined reference to `Assimp::Importer::GetErrorString() const'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(LoadModel.cpp.obj):LoadModel.cpp:(.text+0x247): undefined reference to `Assimp::Importer::~Importer()'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(LoadModel.cpp.obj):LoadModel.cpp:(.text+0x295): undefined reference to `Assimp::Importer::~Importer()'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(LoadModel.cpp.obj):LoadModel.cpp:(.text+0x88d): undefined reference to `aiMaterial::GetName() const'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\App.dir/objects.a(LoadModel.cpp.obj):LoadModel.cpp:(.text$_ZN6Assimp8Importer8ReadFileERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEj[_ZN6Assimp8Importer8ReadFileERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEj]+0x31): undefined reference to `Assimp::Importer::ReadFile(char const*, unsigned int)'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/window.obj):(.text$mn+0x8f4): undefined reference to `__security_cookie'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/window.obj):(.text$mn+0xc41): undefined reference to `_RTC_CheckStackVars'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/window.obj):(.text$mn+0xc54): undefined reference to `__security_check_cookie'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/window.obj):(.xdata+0x24): undefined reference to `__GSHandlerCheck'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/window.obj):(.rtc$IMZ+0x0): undefined reference to `_RTC_InitBase'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/window.obj):(.rtc$TMZ+0x0): undefined reference to `_RTC_Shutdown'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/monitor.obj):(.text$mn+0xa1e): undefined reference to `_RTC_CheckStackVars'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/monitor.obj):(.text$mn+0xf27): undefined reference to `_RTC_CheckStackVars'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/monitor.obj):(.text$mn+0x1689): undefined reference to `_RTC_CheckStackVars'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/input.obj):(.text$mn+0x1d68): undefined reference to `__security_cookie'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/input.obj):(.text$mn+0x1ec1): undefined reference to `__report_rangecheckfailure'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/input.obj):(.text$mn+0x2067): undefined reference to `_RTC_CheckStackVars'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/input.obj):(.text$mn+0x207a): undefined reference to `__security_check_cookie'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/input.obj):(.text$mn+0x33a6): undefined reference to `_RTC_CheckStackVars'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/input.obj):(.text$mn+0x35fc): undefined reference to `__security_cookie'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/input.obj):(.text$mn+0x3e35): undefined reference to `_RTC_CheckStackVars'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/input.obj):(.text$mn+0x3e48): undefined reference to `__security_check_cookie'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/input.obj):(.xdata+0x104): undefined reference to `__GSHandlerCheck'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/input.obj):(.xdata+0x1e8): undefined reference to `__GSHandlerCheck'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/init.obj):(.text$mn+0x394): undefined reference to `__security_cookie'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/init.obj):(.text$mn+0x3d9): undefined reference to `vsnprintf'
C:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/13.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/PrimaryUser/source/repos/App/Main/thirdparty/lib/glfw3.lib(glfw.dir/Debug/init.obj):
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

(Half of the error message lines are deleted)

I’m using these commands :

Generate build files :
cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" ..

Compile the build folder :
cmake –build .

Visual Studio’s linker (link.exe) is linking the binary files successfuly.

How can I get the MinGW to link the binaries without a single error.

And also there are few ASSIMP linking errors tho.

I tried to switch from Visual Studio’s compiler to the MinGW compiler. However, MinGW’s linker couldn’t handle the GLFW library unlike the Visual Studio’s linker.

>Solution :

GNU ld cannot link 64-bit static libraries built with MSVC, where it can link 32-bit static libraries built with MSVC.

It’s best to use a 64-bit GCC-built glfw3.a.
You can obtain this for example by using MSYS2, which has prebuilt binary packages for a gigantic amount of libraries, including glfw3.

byMR
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