You must add this to Linker settings -> Link libraries
/path/to/libxlsxwriter/lib/libxlsxwriter.a
/path/to/zlib/libz.a
libz.a can be in the minizip folder or you can have it beforehand (from zlib, for example).
compiler=gcc (mingw32)
OS=win10/x64
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Build started on: <u>03-08-2020 at 13:40.53</u><br />
Build ended on: <u>03-08-2020 at 13:40.53</u><p />
<b>-------------- Build: Release in Excel (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------</b><br />
mingw32-g++.exe -o bin\Excel.exe obj\main.o -s D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\zlib-1.2.11\libz.a<br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): In function "store_defined_name':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:591: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): In function "populate_range_data_cache':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:744: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): In function "populate_range_dimensions':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:852: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): In function "prepare_workbook':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:370: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:379: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:376: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): In function "workbook_close':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1936: undefined reference to "__errno'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1933: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1928: undefined reference to "__errno'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1926: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1943: undefined reference to "__errno'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1941: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1948: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1953: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1914: undefined reference to "__errno'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1912: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1921: undefined reference to "__errno'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1919: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1898: undefined reference to "__errno'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1896: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): In function "workbook_add_chartsheet':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1733: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1754: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1762: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1741: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1722: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): In function "write_inline_rich_string_cell':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:3192: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): In function "write_inline_string_cell':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:3153: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): In function "write_inline_rich_string_cell':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:3193: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): In function "write_inline_string_cell':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:3154: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): In function "new_row':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:561: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:564: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): In function "lxw_worksheet_new':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:105: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:164: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:176: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:147: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(xmlwriter.o): In function "lxw_escape_url_characters':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/xmlwriter.c:328: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/xmlwriter.c:328: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): In function "lxw_name_to_row':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:247: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): In function "lxw_name_to_col':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:270: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): In function "lxw_name_to_row':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:247: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:247: more undefined references to "__locale_ctype_ptr' follow</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): In function "lxw_quote_sheetname':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:504: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chartsheet.o): In function "lxw_chartsheet_new':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/chartsheet.c:36: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/chartsheet.c:31: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chartsheet.o): In function "chartsheet_set_chart_opt':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/chartsheet.c:256: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/chartsheet.c:240: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chartsheet.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/chartsheet.c:234: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(shared_strings.o): In function "write_t':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/shared_strings.c:128: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/shared_strings.c:129: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(packager.o): In function "add_file_to_zip':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/packager.c:1259: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/packager.c:1290: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/packager.c:1281: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/packager.c:1272: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(packager.o): In function "lxw_packager_new':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/packager.c:89: undefined reference to "__getreent'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(packager.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/packager.c:82: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow</font><br />
D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(styles.o): In function "lxw_styles_write_string_fragment':<br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/styles.c:83: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/styles.c:84: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x182): undefined reference to "__errno'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x1db): undefined reference to "__errno'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x27c): undefined reference to "__errno'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x3bb): undefined reference to "__errno'</font><br />
<font color="#ff0000">D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x4ea): undefined reference to "__errno'</font><br />
C:/Program Files (x86)/CodeBlocks/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/5.1.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o): bad reloc address 0x20 in section ".eh_frame'<br />
C:/Program Files (x86)/CodeBlocks/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/5.1.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: final link failed: Invalid operation<br />
<font color="#ff0000">collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status</font><br />
<font color="#a00000">Process terminated with status 1 (0 minute(s), 0 second(s))</font><br />
<font color="#a00000">50 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 0 second(s))</font><br />
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For me the output is
gcc.exe -Wall -O2 -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -IG:\Librerias81\xlsxwriter-0.9.5\include -c G:\Documentos\Codeblocks\Excel\main.c -o obj\main.o
gcc.exe -o bin\Excel.exe obj\main.o -s G:\Librerias81\xlsxwriter-0.9.5\lib\libxlsxwriter.a G:\Librerias81\zlib-1.2.11\libz.a
Output file is bin\Excel.exe with size 315.50 KB
Process terminated with status 0 (0 minute(s), 1 second(s))
0 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 1 second(s))
Did you use the same compiler when creating the libraries and with C::B?. This message
bad reloc address 0x20 in section ".eh_frame"
is shown usually when there is a compiler mismatch.
EDIT: This is not a full rebuild log, just a build one. Why are you linking using mingw32-g++.exe?. main.c should be compiled and linked with gcc.exe, as shown above.
After integrating other libs to my project, nothing is working. I'm going back to your simple project and nothing is compiling anymore...
I noticed my gcc version was old (4.8.1, 2013). I updated it using "mingw-get install gcc", "mingw-get install g++".
- I am now compiling with gcc 9.2.0.
- The libz.a is compiled using msys with gcc 9.3.0
- I don't know which version of gcc is used to compile libxlsxwriter.a
My project is written in C++ and calls C compiled lib. To make things easier I'm trying to compile your project that is C-only, using gcc and not g++.
After clean/full rebuild I still get:
Build started on: 04-08-2020 at 13:44.14
Build ended on: 04-08-2020 at 13:44.15
-------------- Build: Release in Excel (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
gcc.exe -Wall -O2 -ID:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\include\ -c D:\temp\xlsx\main.c -o obj\main.o
gcc.exe -o bin\Excel.exe obj\main.o -s D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\zlib-1.2.11\libz.a
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "store_defined_name':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:591: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "populate_range_data_cache':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:744: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "populate_range_dimensions':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:852: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "prepare_fills':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:370: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:379: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:376: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "workbook_close':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1936: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1933: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1928: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1926: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1943: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1941: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1948: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1953: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1914: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1912: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1921: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1919: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1898: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1896: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "workbook_add_chartsheet':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1733: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1754: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1762: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1741: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/workbook.c:1722: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "write_inline_rich_string_cell':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:3192: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "write_inline_string_cell':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:3153: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "write_inline_rich_string_cell':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:3193: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "write_inline_string_cell':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:3154: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "new_row':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:561: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:564: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "lxw_worksheet_new':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:105: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:164: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:176: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/worksheet.c:147: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(xmlwriter.o): in function "lxw_escape_url_characters':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/xmlwriter.c:328: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/xmlwriter.c:328: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o): in function "chart_init_data_cache':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/chart.c:137: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o): in function "chart_set_default_marker_type':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/chart.c:434: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o): in function "chart_convert_line_args':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/chart.c:349: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o): in function "chart_convert_fill_args':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/chart.c:376: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o): in function "chart_initialize':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/chart.c:4925: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/chart.c:252: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(shared_strings.o): in function "write_t':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/shared_strings.c:128: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/shared_strings.c:129: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(styles.o): in function "lxw_styles_new':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/styles.c:33: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/styles.c:36: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(styles.o): in function "lxw_styles_write_string_fragment':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/styles.c:83: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/styles.c:84: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(theme.o): in function "lxw_theme_new':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/theme.c:295: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): in function "lxw_name_to_row':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:247: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): in function "lxw_name_to_col':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:270: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): in function "lxw_name_to_row':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:247: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:247: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): in function "lxw_name_to_col':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:270: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:467: more undefined references to "__locale_ctype_ptr' follow
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): in function "lxw_quote_sheetname':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/utility.c:504: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(vml.o): in function "lxw_vml_new':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/vml.c:31: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x182): undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x1db): undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x27c): undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x3bb): undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x4ea): undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(app.o): in function "lxw_app_new':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/app.c:31: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/app.c:38: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/app.c:34: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(app.o): in function "lxw_app_add_part_name':
/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/app.c:397: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/app.c:394: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\libxlsxwriter\libxlsxwriter\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(app.o):/d/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter/src/app.c:427: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minute(s), 1 second(s))
50 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 1 second(s))
You must use the same compiler for your program and the libraries, and the same target (32 or 64 bits). I would start deleting the zlib and libxlxwriter folders and uncompressing them again, and removing all the compilers but one.
Compile zlib without msys, just open a cmd, go to the folder where you uncompressed zlib and execute
mingw32-make -f win32/Makefile.gcc
Then you can copy libz.a to the libxlsxwriter folder, but that is not really needed; just change the global variable zlib to point where libz.a is.
To compile libxlxwriter open msys, go to the library's source folder and execute "make".
You must configure the same compiler in C::B before compiling your project. Use Settings->Compiler for that.
1/Compile zlib without msys, just open a cmd, go to the folder where you uncompressed zlib and execute
mingw32-make -f win32/Makefile.gcc
> Done with a fresh version of zlib => libz.a compiled with tools from C:/MinGW/bin
MinGW installed with command-line tool
2/To compile libxlxwriter open msys, go to the library's source folder and execute "make".
> Done with a fresh version of libxlxwriter and after a clean install of msys32
3/You must configure the same compiler in C::B before compiling your project. Use Settings->Compiler for that.
> I'm using the same tools from the /bin folder used at step 1
Doing that libxlxwriter is compiled with a different compiler.
Results is still the same............
Build started on: 04-08-2020 at 16:15.30
Build ended on: 04-08-2020 at 16:15.32
-------------- Build: Release in Excel (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
mingw32-gcc.exe -Wall -O2 -ID:\soft\lib\xlsx\include -c D:\temp\xlsx\main.c -o obj\main.o
mingw32-gcc.exe -o bin\Excel.exe obj\main.o -s D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a D:\soft\lib\zlib\libz.a
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "store_defined_name':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:591: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "populate_range_data_cache':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:744: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "populate_range_dimensions':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:852: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "prepare_fills':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:370: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:379: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o):/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:376: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "workbook_close':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1936: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1933: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1928: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1926: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1943: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1941: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1948: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1953: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1914: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1912: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1921: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1919: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1898: undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1896: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o): in function "workbook_add_chartsheet':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1733: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1754: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1762: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1741: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(workbook.o):/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/workbook.c:1722: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "write_inline_rich_string_cell':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/worksheet.c:3192: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "write_inline_string_cell':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/worksheet.c:3153: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "write_inline_rich_string_cell':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/worksheet.c:3193: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "write_inline_string_cell':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/worksheet.c:3154: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "new_row':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/worksheet.c:561: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/worksheet.c:564: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o): in function "lxw_worksheet_new':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/worksheet.c:105: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/worksheet.c:164: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/worksheet.c:176: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(worksheet.o):/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/worksheet.c:147: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(xmlwriter.o): in function "lxw_escape_url_characters':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/xmlwriter.c:328: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/xmlwriter.c:328: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o): in function "chart_init_data_cache':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/chart.c:137: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o): in function "chart_set_default_marker_type':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/chart.c:434: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o): in function "chart_convert_line_args':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/chart.c:349: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o): in function "chart_convert_fill_args':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/chart.c:376: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o): in function "chart_initialize':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/chart.c:4925: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(chart.o):/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/chart.c:252: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(shared_strings.o): in function "write_t':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/shared_strings.c:128: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/shared_strings.c:129: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(styles.o): in function "lxw_styles_new':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/styles.c:33: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/styles.c:36: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(styles.o): in function "lxw_styles_write_string_fragment':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/styles.c:83: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/styles.c:84: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(theme.o): in function "lxw_theme_new':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/theme.c:295: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): in function "lxw_name_to_row':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/utility.c:247: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): in function "lxw_name_to_col':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/utility.c:270: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): in function "lxw_name_to_row':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/utility.c:247: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/utility.c:247: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): in function "lxw_name_to_col':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/utility.c:270: undefined reference to "__locale_ctype_ptr'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o):/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/utility.c:467: more undefined references to "__locale_ctype_ptr' follow
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(utility.o): in function "lxw_quote_sheetname':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/utility.c:504: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(vml.o): in function "lxw_vml_new':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/vml.c:31: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x182): undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x1db): undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x27c): undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x3bb): undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(tmpfileplus.o):tmpfileplus.c:(.text+0x4ea): undefined reference to "__errno'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(app.o): in function "lxw_app_new':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/app.c:31: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/app.c:38: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/app.c:34: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(app.o): in function "lxw_app_add_part_name':
/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/app.c:397: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: /d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/app.c:394: undefined reference to "__getreent'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:\soft\lib\xlsx\lib\libxlsxwriter.a(app.o):/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src/app.c:427: more undefined references to "__getreent' follow
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minute(s), 1 second(s))
50 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 1 second(s))
Msys 1 installed, binded to C:/MinGW using etc/fstab
gcc -- version returns 9.2.0, using cmd or msys
Then you can copy libz.a to the libxlsxwriter folder
> Done
To compile libxlxwriter open msys, go to the library's source folder and execute "make".
$ make
make[1]: Entering directory `/d/soft/lib/xlsx/third_party/minizip'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/soft/lib/xlsx/third_party/minizip'
make[1]: Entering directory `/d/soft/lib/xlsx/third_party/tmpfileplus'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/soft/lib/xlsx/third_party/tmpfileplus'
make[1]: Entering directory `/d/soft/lib/xlsx/third_party/md5'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/soft/lib/xlsx/third_party/md5'
make[1]: Entering directory `/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lz
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [libxlsxwriter.dll] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/soft/lib/xlsx/src'
make: *** [all] Error 2
Note:
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin
is
C:\MinGW\mingw32\bin
I don't know why it didn't use the ld.exe in C:\MinGW\bin
Sounds like they like spaghetti.