[quake3] Using VC++ 2005: libcurl.lib on misc/msvc

[Julian Priestley]

On 21/11/2007, Henry Garcia <defsyn at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Nov 21, 2007 5:03 AM, Julian Priestley <juzley at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >
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> > On 21/11/2007, Henry Garcia <defsyn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Been able to get the openal, directx, sdl, in. But haven't been able to
> find
> > > out to compile libcurl.lib to use in the msvc solution. Any tips?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Hank
> > >
> >
> > I'm not really sure what you're trying to compile from, but it's
> > probably worth noting that the MSVC project doesn't use the libcurl.a
> > or curl headers that are in the ioq3 svn.
> >
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> Using MSVC 2005 Express
> >
> > You should be able to use a precompiled .lib or source distribution
> > from http://curl.haxx.se/download.html. Put the .lib and
> the header
> > files somewhere that msvc knows about (or update your paths in
> > Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->VC++ Directories include and
> > lib dirs to point to wherever you've put it), and you should be good
> > to go.
> >
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> These binaries don't include a libcurl.lib. I found one that has a
> libcurl_imp.lib
> The three dll's build fine: cgamex86.dll , qagamex86.dll , and, uix86.dll.
>
> But ioquake3.exe fails to build as follows:
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>    Here's the error message from the output of the build process.
> > ------ Build started: Project: quake3, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
> > Linking...
> > LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'libcurl.lib'
> > Build log was saved at
> "file://d:\msys\1.0.1\home\Henry\quake\ioquake3\build\quake3_release\BuildLog.htm"
> > quake3 - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
> > ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped
> ==========
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> I figured out how to include the headers, libraries, etc. But from what I've
> read, it's pretty difficult to build a libcurl.lib.
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You want a MSVC devel package from the page I linked above. For
example: http://curl.haxx.se/download/libcurl-7.15.5-win32-msvc.zip