[vibe.d/dub] Linker error

[Chris]

On Friday, 9 March 2018 at 13:46:33 UTC, Chris wrote:
> I got this error msg today (see below):
>
> DUB version 1.8.0, built on Mar  3 2018
> vibe.d version 0.8.3
> dmd 2.078.3 (the same with 2.079.0 and 2.077.0)
>
> .dub/build/server64_72_debug-debug-linux.posix-x86_64-dmd_2079-CAC4A12AC8FE4B4625A9511E4EFEB8F6/anscealai.o: In function `_D3std5range10primitives__T5doPutTSQBh6format__T11hasToStringTSQCj8typecons__T5TupleTAysTmZQnTaZ9__lambda1MFZ1STaZQDjFNaNbNiNfKQDpaZv':
> /usr/include/dlang/dmd/std/range/primitives.d:269: undefined 
> reference to 
> `_D3std6format__T11hasToStringTSQBd8typecons__T5TupleTAysTmZQnTaZ9__lambda1MFZ1S3putMFNaNbNiNfaZv' [...and loads of other similar messages...]
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> Error: linker exited with status 1
> /usr/bin/dmd failed with exit code 1.
>
> It is so massive that it must be something ridiculous.

Ok, I've solved it now with a fresh head on my. I had `dflags 
"-allinst"` in the dub.sdl file which was there due to an old bug 
in dmd, I think. Once I had removed it, the linking worked.

I knew it was something ridiculous.