VS2013 VisualD OPTLINK : Error 2: pointing to a directory

Tue Apr 7 01:57:00 PDT 2015

I think I found the problem, which is spaces in directory names. 
The full path to zempty project is: E:\Code\DLang\engine 
projects\zempty
I changed it to: E:\Code\DLang\engineProjects\zempty and the 
application is linking fine.
This might be a VisualD bug, it came up with the current intalled 
DMD Packed, and I didn't change the directory names for about two 
years.

Regards, ParticlePeter

> On Monday, 6 April 2015 at 18:34:55 UTC, Rainer Schuetze wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06.04.2015 14:32, ParticlePeter wrote:
>>> Hello Community,
>>> I have freshly installed VS2013 on Win8-64 and VisualD 3.40, 
>>> optilink
>>> and VS Linker ( using MS-COF ) have a similar wired problem. 
>>> I have no
>>> issues linking dub ( same projects as with VisualD ) and CPP 
>>> projects.
>>>
>>> OPTILINK:
>>> Building Debug\myApp.exe...
>>> Access is denied.
>>> Access is denied.
>>> Access is denied.
>>> Access is denied.
>>> Access is denied.
>>> OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 8.00.17
>>> Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989-2013  All rights reserved.
>>> http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/optlink.html
>>> OPTLINK : Error 2: File Not Found E:\Code\DLang\myLib
>>> Building Debug\myApp.exe failed!
>>>
>>> MS linker with MS-COF:
>>> Building Debug\myApp.exe...
>>> Access is denied.
>>> Access is denied.
>>> Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 12.00.31101.0
>>> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>>> LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 
>>> 'E:\Code\DLang\myLib'
>>> Building Debug\myApp.exe failed!
>>>
>>> Both the errors inform me that the linker cannot find a FILE, 
>>> but the
>>> path is a (existing!) DIRECTORY. I do not build and use 
>>> myLib.lib in the
>>> myApp project but instead I use the source files from myLib as
>>> additional imports. These source files are located in
>>> E:\Code\DLang\myLib\source. I have no idea why the linker is 
>>> directly
>>> using the path E:\Code\DLang\myLib for whatever.
>>
>> If you just import the files, you probably also added a 
>> precompiled library to the linker inputs. Maybe this is where 
>> you added the path instead of the library file?
>
> I veryfied that, I use only "Libary Files : derelict.lib" and 
> "Library Search Path : $(DERELICT)\lib ), where the lib is 
> stored.
>
>>> I also don't hav a clue why the access is denied. No older 
>>> version of
>>> myApp.exe is running, and I checked the write-protection 
>>> attributes of
>>> all the files and folders.
>>>
>>> Any idea whats going wrong ?
>>>
>>
>> Could you also post the *.build.cmd and the *.buildlog.html 
>> files from the output folder?
>
> Yes. myLib.lib and myApp.exe are obviously not the names I use, 
> so additional explanation to my setup (e.g. $(ENGINE) and 
> $(DERELICT_SOURCE)) is further bellow. This setup worked 
> correctly with DMD 2.066.1 package and VS2013.
>
> Debug Command line (using optilink):
> "$(VisualDInstallDir)pipedmd.exe" dmd -g -debug -X 
> -Xf"$(IntDir)\$(TargetName).json" -I"$(ENGINE)\source" 
> -I"$(DERELICT_SOURCE)" -deps="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).dep" 
> -of"$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe_cv" -map 
> "$(INTDIR)\$(SAFEPROJECTNAME).map" -L/NOMAP derelict.lib
>
>
> Build Log
>
>
> Building Debug\zempty.exe
>
>
> Command Line
>
> set PATH=D:\Code\DLang\dmd2\windows\bin;D:\Code\VS 
> 2013\\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows 
> Kits\8.1\\bin;%PATH%
> set DMD_LIB=;E:\Code\DLang\derelictOrg\lib
> dmd -g -debug -X -Xf"Debug\zempty.json" 
> -I"E:\Code\DLang\engine\source" 
> -I"E:\Code\DLang\derelictOrg\derelictUtil\source;E:\Code\DLang\derelictOrg\derelictGL3\source;E:\Code\DLang\derelictOrg\derelictGLFW3\source;E:\Code\DLang\derelictOrg\derelictIL\source" 
> -deps="Debug\zempty.dep" -c -of"Debug\zempty.obj" 
> source\empty.d source\main.d source\world.d
> if errorlevel 1 goto reportError
>
> set LIB="D:\Code\DLang\dmd2\windows\bin\..\lib"
> echo. > E:\Code\DLang\engine 
> projects\zempty\Debug\zempty.build.lnkarg
> echo 
> "Debug\zempty.obj","Debug\zempty.exe_cv","Debug\zempty.map",derelict.lib+
> >> E:\Code\DLang\engine
> projects\zempty\Debug\zempty.build.lnkarg
> echo user32.lib+ >> E:\Code\DLang\engine 
> projects\zempty\Debug\zempty.build.lnkarg
> echo kernel32.lib+ >> E:\Code\DLang\engine 
> projects\zempty\Debug\zempty.build.lnkarg
> echo "E:\Code\DLang\derelictOrg\lib\"/NOMAP/CO/NOI/DELEXE >> 
> E:\Code\DLang\engine projects\zempty\Debug\zempty.build.lnkarg
>
> "D:\Code\DLang\VisualD\pipedmd.exe" -deps Debug\zempty.lnkdep 
> D:\Code\DLang\dmd2\windows\bin\link.exe @E:\Code\DLang\engine 
> projects\zempty\Debug\zempty.build.lnkarg
> if errorlevel 1 goto reportError
> if not exist "Debug\zempty.exe_cv" (echo "Debug\zempty.exe_cv" 
> not created! && goto reportError)
> echo Converting debug information...
> "D:\Code\DLang\VisualD\cv2pdb\cv2pdb.exe" "Debug\zempty.exe_cv" 
> "Debug\zempty.exe"
> if errorlevel 1 goto reportError
> if not exist "Debug\zempty.exe" (echo "Debug\zempty.exe" not 
> created! && goto reportError)
>
> goto noError
>
> :reportError
> echo Building Debug\zempty.exe failed!
>
> :noError
>
> Output
>
> Access is denied.
> Access is denied.
> Access is denied.
> Access is denied.
> Access is denied.
> OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 8.00.17
> Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989-2013  All rights reserved.
> http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/optlink.html
> OPTLINK : Error 2: File Not Found E:\Code\DLang\engine
> Building Debug\zempty.exe failed!
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Additional Info about my setup:
>
> WIP Title of myLib: engine
> Path to the project is E:\Code\DLang\engine
> Win8 Env Var: $(ENGINE) points to that path
>
> myApp title is zempty, building zempty.exe
> I import the sourcefiles of engine (Additional imports) with: 
> $(ENGINE)\source
>
> Additionally I use some DerelictOrg libs:
> Win8 Env Var: $(DERELICT) points to E:\Code\DLang\derlictOrg
> Win8 Env Var: $(DERELICT_SOURCE) points to miltiple folders:
>   $(DERELICT)\DerelictUtil\source
>   $(DERELICT)\DerelictGL3\source
>   etc...
> All of them are build into one derelict.lib in $(DERELICT)\lib