Native PDB Error

[WebFreak001]

On Tuesday, 29 May 2018 at 07:47:07 UTC, Begah wrote:
> I have recently reinstalled a fresh version of Windows 10. I 
> installed DMD 1.9.0 and compiled my code ( that was compiling 
> before reinstalling Windows ).
> I get this error at the linking phase :
> Native PDB Error: The entry already exists.  The specified 
> module already exists
>
> I made a simplified project that gets the same error :
>
> import imageformats;
> import derelict.glfw3;
>
> void main() {
>     IFImage i0;
> }
>
> and dub.json :
> "dependencies": {
> 	"derelict-glfw3": "4.0.0-beta.1",
> 	"imageformats": "~>7.0.0"
> }
>
> Compiling for 32-bit works.
> Compiling for 64-bit gives that error : dub --arch=x86_64
> Changing imageformats version to 5.2.0 compiles but any higher 
> doesn't.
> I tried compiling the code with and without admin privileges 
> but it doesn't do anything.
> I know that PDB is used for debugging but I don't understand 
> this error.
> Any ideas?

for others who come across this (because this is what you find if 
you google this error):

I haven't found any solution or reason yet, but you can compile 
in release mode (--build=release for dub) to work around this 
issue