[Win64] LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'legacy_stdio_definitions.lib

[p0nce]

Compile the following project with DUB: https://github.com/p0nce/dplug/tree/master/examples/distort

OS: Win64
Compiler: Version: LDC 0.16.0-alpha3

How to reproduce:
$ dub build --build=debug --arch=x86_64 --compiler=ldc2 --force --combined
(I use --combined to avoid #1084 )

VS linker: I use the Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0 linker.

Output:

Performing "debug" build using ldc2 for x86_64.
distort ~master: building configuration "library"...
dplug.gui.graphics.obj : warning LNK4006: Th280_D5dplug3gui8graphics11GUIGraphic
s6openUIMFPvE5dplug6plugin3daw3DAWZv already defined in distort.obj; second defi
nition ignored
dplug.gui.graphics.obj : warning LNK4006: Th280_D5dplug3gui8graphics11GUIGraphic
s7closeUIMFZv already defined in distort.obj; second definition ignored
dplug.gui.graphics.obj : warning LNK4006: Th280_D5dplug3gui8graphics11GUIGraphic
s10getGUISizeMFPiPiZv already defined in distort.obj; second definition ignored
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'legacy_stdio_definitions.lib
'
Error: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin\link.exe faile
d with status: 1181
ldc2 failed with exit code 1181.
error: Command 'dub build --build=debug --arch=x86_64 --compiler=ldc2 --force  -
-combined' returned 2

[kinke]

Please edit your ldc2.conf file and remove the "-Llegacy_stdio_definitions.lib" default switch when using VS < 2015. It's required (and only available) for VS 2015. If we wanted to do that automatically, we'd have to detect the MS linker version during LDC runtime and add that switch accordingly - I suppose that's not gonna happen soon. ;)

[p0nce]

Ok. Worked.

[wilzbach]

Hmm I ran into the same issue when setting up a appveyor CI for to test mir against ldc.
However I can't find the legacy switch in the release package for windows - any ideas how I could teach ldc to avoid that?

[rainers]

In more recent versions the library is no longer passed on the command line through the configuration file, but compiled into the library as a "default library". You can pass /NODEFAULTLIB:legacy_stdio_definitions to the linker to disable it being searched.

[wilzbach]

In more recent versions the library is no longer passed on the command line through the configuration file, but compiled into the library as a "default library"

Thanks a lot @rainers - I just got it to work with Visual Studio 2015 (v14) :)
Sorry for the annoyance.