Bug 2378 – Win32 OPTLINK crashes when it links some kind of static library into a executeable.

Windows dmd (later than 2.018) OPTLINK crashes (Unexpected OPTLINK termination) when it links some kind of static library into a executable. Here is a small example as a quick report. ---- make following module into a static library module test; import std.random; Mt19937 gen; uint nonThreadSafeRandom() {return gen.next;} ---- OPTLINK crashes when making following code into a exe with linking the library just made before import test; void main() { uint a = nonThreadSafeRandom(); } ---- OPTLINK works if deeper module is imported import test, std.random; void main() { uint a = nonThreadSafeRandom(); } This is a quick report, I have not found a true cause yet. thanks, p.s. I'm sorry posting redundant news on digitalmars.D.bugs. I wish this tracker is the proper channel to report bugs.

Please include what commands you used to generate the problem.

(In reply to comment #1) > Please include what commands you used to generate the problem. > Commands I used in the first report dmd -c test.d lib -c -p32 test.lib test.obj dmd main.d test.lib causes crash described before. following commands dmd -lib test.d dmd main.d test.lib causes this error, regardless of importing std.random: test.lib Warning 140: Library probably needs FIXLIB --- error level 1 Only std.random causes this error, as I tested.

I can't duplicate the optlink crash, but I can the needs FIXLIB problem.

I'm not sure what the FIXLIB warning is about, but I think it can be safely ignored.

Warning removed in link 8.00.7, the crash is not reproducible.