Linking Error (WS2_32.LIB)

[Tobias M.]

Am 10.11.2011 02:32, schrieb Vladimir Panteleev:
> On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:09:39 +0200, Tobse <tobias.m at onlinehome.de> wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>> i wanted to write a basic cli chat to get familiar with d. So i looked
>> up the
>> default library for sockets and found std.socket; There is a note that
>> says
>> "compile with ws2_32.lib". When i simply run:
>>
>> dmd main.d
>>
>> it tells me:
>>
>> OPTLINK (R) for Win32 Release 8.00.12
>> Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989-2010 All rights reserved.
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/optlink.html
>> dist\client.obj(client)
>> Error 42: Symbol Undefined _D3std6socket7Address8toStringMFZAya
>> dist\client.obj(client)
>> Error 42: Symbol Undefined
>> _D3std6socket7Address13addressFamilyMFZE3std6socket1
>> 3AddressFamily
>> dist\client.obj(client)
>> Error 42: Symbol Undefined _D3std6socket7Address7nameLenMFZi
>> dist\client.obj(client)
>> Error 42: Symbol Undefined
>> _D3std6socket7Address4nameMFZPS3std1c7windows7winsoc
>> k8sockaddr
>> --- errorlevel 4
>
> These errors don't have anything to do with ws2_32.lib. It looks like
> you are trying to use the latest version of std.socket sources (from
> git) with an outdated phobos.lib. Did you download the latest version of
> std.socket without rebuilding Phobos, or something?
>

Well, i should have the latest version because i started learning D this 
monday and downloaded the compiler on thuesday. I will try that -v
option and maybe mingw works for me. I will also try this
pgrama(lib, "ws2_32.lib");