[gdal-dev] Missing msvcr80.dll ?

[Martin Chapman]

Mateusz,

I agree.  MD is what I always use.  Once you figure out the manifest stuff
things become easier.  On another note, I was checking out the GD lib
homepage a few weeks ago and ended up looking at your home page.  Those
cliffs near the water where you rock climb look awesome!  I live in Colorado
and use to climb a lot when I was younger.  Really cool pics!

Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: Mateusz Loskot [mailto:mateusz at loskot.net] 
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 3:17 PM
To: Stefan Moebius
Cc: Martin Chapman; gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org; 'Martin Hvidberg'
Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] Missing msvcr80.dll ?

Stefan Moebius wrote:
> Another solution for avoiding pain for users is to link msvcrt
> statically. For this you need to change the compiler switch /MD into /MT
> (/MDd to /MTd for debug).

In the world of Windows OS, DLL is the preferred option.
Static linking to C/C++ run-time can cause more problems than it helps.
Check the Caution paragraph:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2kzt1wy3(VS.71).aspx

> Note that if you link against external
> libraries (like geos, proj4, etc.), you need to recompile those too with
> the same change.

That's exactly the evil of static linking. Users would need to recompile
all components of their software.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org