Bug 16796 – Linker error on big file + -gc switch generated by jtransc

Created attachment 1623 program.d in 7zip I have create a target generating D for my project jtransc: https://github.com/jtransc/jtransc So it allows to convert Java/Kotlin/Scala AOT into D and generate native executables. In complex programs, the generated D file is pretty big. And in order to get comprehensive stacktraces in debug builds I have to add -gc. The big test suite including most of the java standard library generates a ~6MB d file. Without the -gc switch DMD works just fine and generates the executable. dmd --version DMD32 D Compiler v2.072.0 dmd -gc program.d Error: linker exited with status 482878712

As a workaround, try microsoft linker with -m32mscoff compiler switch https://dlang.org/dmd-windows.html#switch-m32mscoff dmd -gc -m32mscoff program.d

Closing, as: - If there's an issue, it's an OPTLINK issue, not a tools one; - The referenced project has been archived so following up will not happen; - `-gc` is gone now, one should use `-g`; - A workaround (using mscoff) exists;