[VSC++][OpenGL] Huge Amount of Linker Issues with Release Build Only

Question

Anyone have idea on this? Linker errors are way out of my wheelhouse, especially ones like this.

Thanks for any help provided. ^_^

Is there any more info I should include?

1>Linking...
1>freeglut_static.lib(freeglut_window.obj) : warning LNK4075: ignoring '/EDITANDCONTINUE' due to '/OPT:ICF' specification
1>LIBCMTD.lib(dbgheap.obj) : error LNK2005: __heap_alloc already defined in LIBCMT.lib(malloc.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(dbgheap.obj) : error LNK2005: __recalloc already defined in LIBCMT.lib(recalloc.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(dbgheap.obj) : error LNK2005: __msize already defined in LIBCMT.lib(msize.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(malloc.obj) : error LNK2005: _V6_HeapAlloc already defined in LIBCMT.lib(malloc.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(dbghook.obj) : error LNK2005: __crt_debugger_hook already defined in LIBCMT.lib(dbghook.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: ___sbh_pHeaderDefer already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: __get_sbh_threshold already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: __set_sbh_threshold already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: __set_amblksiz already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: __get_amblksiz already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: ___sbh_heap_init already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: ___sbh_find_block already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: ___sbh_free_block already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: ___sbh_alloc_block already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: ___sbh_alloc_new_region already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: ___sbh_alloc_new_group already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: ___sbh_resize_block already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: ___sbh_heapmin already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(sbheap.obj) : error LNK2005: ___sbh_heap_check already defined in LIBCMT.lib(sbheap.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(isctype.obj) : error LNK2005: __isctype_l already defined in LIBCMT.lib(isctype.obj)
1>LIBCMTD.lib(isctype.obj) : error LNK2005: __isctype already defined in LIBCMT.lib(isctype.obj)
1>LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'LIBCMTD' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library

Answer 1

You seem to be linking projects built with different CRT library settings, one with Multi-Threaded, another one with Multi-Threaded Debug. Adjust the settings for all the projects to use the very same flavour of the library and the issue should go away!

Answer 2

You wouldn't normally try and pull in LIBCMTD in a release build, it's the debug version of LIBCMT.

It seems that your release build is trying to link to something that was built debug. You probably have a broken dependency in your build, (or you missed rebuilding something to release by hand if your project is normally built in pieces).

It would seem likely that it's the freeglut_static.lib that wasn't rebuilt for retail. If that isn't it then try deleting all of your build products (*.obj, *.lib, *.pch, *.pdb) of course being careful to not delete things that you don't produce - third party libs, etc. Then build just release.

Answer 3

To add to the other remarks: Don't use "Edit and Continue" /EDITANDCONTINUE in release builds. That's a useful feature while debugging, as it can reduce rebuild times. But it does so by packing your executable in a non-optimized form.

You get the warning because the /OPT:ICF option will fold identical function bodies. This means two functions share the same address. Obviously this means you cannot edit & replace only one of them.