I have a visual studio 2012 c++ project. I recently uninstalled it and installed visual studio 2015 and upgraded the project. When i am building the project, getting error as shown below:
Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol _memcmp referenced in function
Moreover i have not used anywhere in my code memcmp fucntion.
I used the linker verbose function and could see below in output file:
Found _memcmp
Referenced in MyC++Project.obj
Referenced in libcpmtd.lib(xstrcoll.obj)
Loaded libvcruntimed.lib(__memcmp_.obj)
Two questions here
1.even though i have not used memcmp in my code why i am getting that linker error?
2.why is memcmp being loaded as __memcmp_.obj
I have the following settings also in my project:
1.C++-->Code generation-->Runtime Library is set to /MTd
2.Linker-->Ignore All default libraries is set to nothing
I have tried all the project settings but everything in vain.
I have issue only with this memcmp function which i have not used.
I have used mamcpy and memset and do not have issue with those
Explicitly add vcruntime.lib or other appropriate version of CRT Library to linker parameters (additional dependencies).
When you use memcmp explicitly it is probably handled as intrinsic function and is compiled as inline function.
Try to add vcruntime.lib and ucrt.lib to your additional dependencies. ===> properties->Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies
Sample path of 'vcruntime.lib': "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\lib\vcruntime.lib"
Sample path of 'ucrt.lib' : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.16299.0\ucrt\x86\ucrt.lib"
My environment: VS2017 (v141)
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34285476/memcmp-linker-error-visual-studio-2015