[vtkusers] /MD(d) vs /MT(d)

Goodwin Lawlor goodwin.lawlor.lists at gmail.com
Thu Jun 26 04:05:18 EDT 2014


Hi John,

I'll raise it on the CMake list.

Thanks

Goodwin


On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:33 PM, John Platt <jcplatt at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

>  Hi Goodwin,
>
>      "I'd like to see a "Use Static C Runtime Libraries" option in CMake
> that adds /MT(d) to the linker options instead of /MD(d)      by default."
>
> would be very nice and save a lot of work as you note.
>
> John.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Goodwin Lawlor <goodwin.lawlor.lists at gmail.com>
> *To:* Kischell, Eric R. <Kischell.Eric at mayo.edu>
> *Cc:* VTK Users <vtkusers at vtk.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 25, 2014 5:03 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [vtkusers] /MD(d) vs /MT(d)
>
> Hi Erik,
>
> You're right - CMake could be improved to make handling the C runtime libs
> a little easier. They need to be edited manually in multiple places in the
> CMake gui usually.
>
> Your case wouldn't hold for all people though - you can build static VTK
> libs against shared C runtimes if you need to.
>
> I'd like to see a "Use Static C Runtime Libraries" option in CMake that
> adds /MT(d) to the linker options instead of /MD(d) by default.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Goodwin
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Kischell, Eric R. <Kischell.Eric at mayo.edu
> > wrote:
>
>>  *Maarten,*
>>
>> *Here is my note from a long time ago…*
>>
>>                 *vtkParallelCore-6.1 should be manually built the same
>> way as all of the other libs in the calling chain.*
>>
>> *>* You said-- BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is checked
>>
>> *Hello VTK Lurkers,*
>>
>> *When building VTK 5.8 as a static library under WIN7 using C-Make 2.8.6…*
>> *I **un-check **BUILD_SHARED_LIBS under the C-Make GUI.*
>> *The generated VC++ 2005 solution contains projects with *
>> *C / C++ | Code Generation set to  *
>> */MD instead of the correct /MT (Multi-threaded (/MT)).*
>> *I must then manually change all of the /MD's to /MT's under the C-Make
>> GUI's advanced settings.*
>>
>> *It would be more convenient to have C-Make automatically set to /MT and
>> /MTd*
>> *if BUILD_SHARED_LIBS  is **un-checked**.*
>>
>> *thx*
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* vtkusers [mailto:vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org] *On Behalf Of *Maarten
>> Beek via vtkusers
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 25, 2014 10:16 AM
>> *To:* Goodwin Lawlor
>> *Cc:* VTK Users
>> *Subject:* Re: [vtkusers] /MD(d) vs /MT(d)
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>>
>>
>> That's what I am trying to achieve.
>>
>> I am building an app that is linking to statically built libs, so I want
>> to build my VTK statically as well.
>>
>> But the build breaks at the vtkParallelCore-6.1 project.
>>
>>
>>
>> A debug assertion fails when vtkHashSource-6.1.exe is run:
>>
>> dbgheap.c line 1322
>>
>> Expression: _CrtIsValidHeapPointer(pUserData)
>>
>>
>>
>> Maarten
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 6:15:20 PM, Goodwin Lawlor <
>> goodwin.lawlor.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Maarten,
>>
>>
>>
>> I usually find when you link VTK libs against the static runtime all
>> dependent libraries must be linked against it too... otherwise you get name
>> collisions between libcmt.lib (static) and msvcrt.lib (shared).
>>
>>
>>
>> So, for example, if you generate the VTK Tcl wrapper libs, you have to
>> build the static Tcl libs against libcmt.lib yourself for inclusion in the
>> project.
>>
>>
>>
>> hth,
>>
>>
>>
>> Goodwin
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Maarten Beek via vtkusers <
>> vtkusers at vtk.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I can build VTK 6.1.0 perfectly fine with the default /MD(d) settings.
>>
>> When I change /MD(d) into /MT(d) in CMake, the build breaks at the
>> vtkParallelCore-6.1 project.
>>
>>
>>
>> BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is checked, as is VTK_Group_Qt.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyone able to tell me how to build VTK with the /MT(d) setting?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks - Maarten
>>
>>
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