Why am I not able to build Vim with Visual Studio 2015 RC command line tools?

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votes

Yesterday, I installed Visual Studio 2015 RC Community Edition. As a first test, I tried building GVim from source.

I opened a command window using "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Visual Studio 2015\Visual Studio Tools\Windows Desktop Command Prompts\VS2015 x64 Native Tools Command Prompt.lnk", set

set include=%include%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include

so Make_mvc.mak picks up the Win32.mak file. Also, I set:

set MSVCVER=12.0

as the make file does not detect the new Visual Studio version at this point.

After this, I have:

Framework40Version=v4.0
FrameworkDir=C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64
FrameworkDIR64=C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64
FrameworkVersion=v4.0.30319
FrameworkVersion64=v4.0.30319
FSHARPINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\F#\4.0\Framework\v4.0\
INCLUDE=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\ATLMFC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.10056.0\ucrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\winrt;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include
LIB=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\LIB\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\ATLMFC\LIB\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\lib\10.0.10056.0\ucrt\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\lib\winv6.3\um\x64;
LIBPATH=C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\LIB\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\ATLMFC\LIB\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\References\CommonConfiguration\Neutral;\Microsoft.VCLibs\14.0\References\CommonConfiguration\neutral;
MSVCVER=12.0
Platform=X64
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=AMD64
UniversalCRTSdkDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\
VCINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\
VisualStudioVersion=14.0
VS100COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\Tools\
VS110COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\Tools\
VS120COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\
VS140COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools\
VSINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\
windir=C:\Windows
WindowsSdkDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\
WindowsSDK_ExecutablePath_x64=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools\x64\
WindowsSDK_ExecutablePath_x86=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools\

I am able to build a simple program:

C:\...\Temp> type t.c                          
#include                                                    

int main(void) {                                                     
    printf("Hello %s\n", "Stackoverflow.com");                       
    return 0;                                                        
}                                                                    

C:\...\Temp> cl t.c                            
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.00.22816 for x64  
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.           

t.c                                                                  
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.00.22816.0               
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.           

/out:t.exe                                                           
t.obj                                                                

C:\...\Temp> t.exe                             
Hello Stackoverflow.com

However, when I issue the command to build my GVim (something which works fine with Visual Studio 2013 CE tools), the compilation goes fine, but I get the following link errors:

C:\...\vim\src> nmake -f Make_mvc.mak CPU=AMD64 OPTIMIZE=SPACE GETTEXT=no NETBEANS=no CSCOPE=no DIRECTX=yes GUI=yes

I am snipping most of the error messages because there are a lot of them:

gui_dwrite.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memcmp
blowfish.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memcmp
crypt.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memcmp
sha256.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memcmp
undo.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memcmp
blowfish.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol memcpy referenced in function bf_e_cblock
winclip.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memcpy
screen.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memcpy
sha256.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memcpy
gui.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
gui_w32.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
tag.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
term.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
ui.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
undo.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
screen.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
search.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
spell.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
syntax.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
os_mswin.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
os_win32.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
quickfix.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
regexp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
misc2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
normal.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
ops.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
option.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
memline.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
menu.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
message.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
misc1.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
getchar.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
hashtab.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
mark.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol memmove
...
misc2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol fwrite
spell.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol fwrite
edit.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol isalnum referenced in function ins_ctrl_ey
regexp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol isalnum
ui.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol strncpy
gui_w32.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol strncpy
libXpm.lib(parse.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol strncpy
libXpm.lib(data.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol strncpy
regexp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol strncpy
screen.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol strncpy
...
main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol close
memfile.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol close
libXpm.lib(parse.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol free
libXpm.lib(hashtab.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol free
libXpm.lib(data.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol free
libXpm.lib(misc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol free
...
eval.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol free
misc2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol free
os_win32.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol free
gui_w32.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol free
libcmt.lib(new_scalar.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol malloc
libXpm.lib(simx.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol malloc
eval.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol malloc
misc2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol malloc
os_win32.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol malloc
gui_w32.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol malloc
normal.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol realloc
regexp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol realloc
libXpm.lib(simx.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol realloc
eval.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol realloc
memline.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol realloc
misc1.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol realloc
misc2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol realloc
...
ex_docmd.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol stricmp
ops.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
option.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
search.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
spell.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
fold.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
getchar.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
mark.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
eval.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
ex_cmds.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
ex_docmd.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
ex_getln.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vfprintf
window.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
gui.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
gui_w32.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
version.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
spell.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
syntax.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
tag.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
term.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
regexp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
screen.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
search.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
sha256.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
ops.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
option.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vsprintf
...
_crt_atexit referenced in function _onexit
libcmt.lib(utility.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _crt_at_quick_exit referenced in function at_quick_exit
libcmt.lib(utility.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _cexit referenced in function __scrt_dllmain_uninitialize_c
libcmt.lib(exe_winmain.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _cexit
libcmt.lib(new_scalar.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _callnewh referenced in function "void * __cdecl operator new(unsigned __int64)" (??2@YAPEAX_K@Z)
libcmt.lib(exe_winmain.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _seh_filter_exe referenced in function "int `int __cdecl __scrt_common_main_seh(void)'::`1'::filt$0" (?filt$0@?0??__scrt_common_main_seh@@YAHXZ@4HA)
libcmt.lib(exe_winmain.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _set_app_type referenced in function "int __cdecl pre_c_initialization(void)" (?pre_c_initialization@@YAHXZ)
libcmt.lib(exe_winmain.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __setusermatherr referenced in function "int __cdecl pre_c_initialization(void)" (?pre_c_initialization@@YAHXZ)
libcmt.lib(exe_winmain.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _configure_narrow_argv referenced in function "int __cdecl pre_c_initialization(void)" (?pre_c_initialization@@YAHXZ)
libcmt.lib(exe_winmain.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _get_narrow_winmain_command_line referenced in function "int __cdecl __scrt_common_main_seh(void)" (?__scrt_common_main_seh@@YAHXZ)
libcmt.lib(exe_winmain.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _initterm referenced in function "int __cdecl __scrt_common_main_seh(void)" (?__scrt_common_main_seh@@YAHXZ)
...
libXpm.lib(rgb.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol strdup referenced in function xpmGetRGBfromName
oldnames.lib(strdup.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol strdup
oldnames.lib(strdup.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _strdup
gvim.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 183 unresolved externals

I feel like I am missing something obvious. What changed between VS 2013 and VS 2015?

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1 Answers

2
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It turns out this had already been reported on vim_dev mailing list, and is due to the re-organization of the C runtime.

Specifically, the /nodefaultlib option for the linker seems to cause the problem.

The patch included in Paul Moore's follow-up worked for me.

The pre-compiled XPM library included with Vim seems to statically link to MSVCRT. This issue is mentioned in CRT Library Features:

If you have more than one DLL or EXE, then you may have more than one CRT, whether or not you are using different versions of Visual C++. For example, statically linking the CRT into multiple DLLs can present the same problem. Developers encountering this problem with static CRTs have been instructed to compile with /MD to use the CRT DLL. Now that the CRT DLL has been renamed to msvcr110.dll, applications may have some components linked to msvcrt.dll and others to msvcr110.dll. If your DLLs pass CRT resources across the msvcrt.dll and msvcr110.dll boundary, you will encounter issues with mismatched CRTs and need to recompile your project with Visual C++.

I haven't tried to re-compile the included XPM library with VS2015, so XPM support is disabled in my GVim for now.