I'm completely befuddled with compiling, linking, binding, etc.

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Wednesday, 18 March 2026 at 19:54:58 UTC, WhatMeWorry wrote:
> On Wednesday, 18 March 2026 at 01:39:22 UTC, Richard (Rikki) 
> Andrew Cattermole wrote:
>> It looks to me like SDL_LoadPNG is missing.
>>
>> File a bug report: https://github.com/BindBC/bindbc-sdl/issues
>
> I did find this in source/sdl/surface.d so something else is 
> amiss with my environment.
>
> ```d
> if(sdlVersion >= Version(3,4,0))
> {
> FnBind[] add = [
> {q{SDL_Surface*}, q{SDL_LoadPNG}, q{const(char)* file}},
> {q{bool}, q{SDL_SavePNG}, q{SDL_Surface* surface, const(char)* 
> file}},
> ];
> ret ~= add;
> }
> ```

I'm not extremely familiar with bindbc-sdl, but I'm pretty sure 
you not only have to add the dependency, but you have to declare 
to bindbc-sdl the *minimum* version you want to support. Without 
any config, it specifies the oldest version available.

You do this by adding a `version` directive in your dub recipe 
file.

https://github.com/BindBC/bindbc-sdl?tab=readme-ov-file#sdl-versions

-Steve