• via Digitalmars-d-bugs (27/33) Dec 03 2016 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16946

via Digitalmars-d-bugs <digitalmars-d-bugs puremagic.com> writes:

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16946

          Issue ID: 16946
           Summary: rdmd causes linker issues when DMD options are changed
                    between runs
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: All
                OS: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: tools
          Assignee: nobody puremagic.com
          Reporter: andrej.mitrovich gmail.com

Using: v2.072.1

test.d:
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module test;
void main() { }
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# first time is ok
$ rdmd test.d

# second run added -of switch
$ rdmd -oftest2.exe test.d
 OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 8.00.17
 Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989-2013  All rights reserved.
 http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/optlink.html
 C:\Users\andre\AppData\Local\Temp\.rdmd\rdmd-test.d-AAFFF766E367405BC6B3916FAE707D0D\objs\test.obj
  Error 2: File Not Found C:\Users\andre\AppData\Local\Temp\.rdmd\rdmd-test.d->
AAFFF766E367405BC6B3916FAE707D0D\objs\test.obj
 Error: linker exited with status 18221464

Workaround is to use --force to rebuild.

I'm not entirely too sure but I think this may be a regression.

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