[Issue 8756] New: Add link to location of curl static library

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           Summary: Add link to location of curl static library
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody at puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com> 2012-10-04 09:46:58 PDT ---
These links should probably be added to std.net.curl and etc.c.curl:
http://curl.haxx.se/download.html#Win32
http://curl.haxx.se/download.html#Win64

Also, a small guide on how to actually make the import lib:
implib curl.lib libcurl.dll /s

Another issue, why are we using the non-portable pragma(lib) syntax? Not only
does it not work across compilers, but it's also hardcoded to "curl.lib". If
you have a build for multiple architectures (-m64/-m32) you will have separate
import libs to the x32/x64 versions of the curl DLL.

I think we should remove the pragma and add a note in the docs on how to link
with the import lib. It's as simple as passing the import lib on the
command-line on Windows+DMD, or using e.g. -lcurl via GDC.

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