Linking error LNK2019 in MSVC, unresolved symbols with __imp__ prefix, but should be from static lib

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From what I remember of my Windows days, in MinGW-built DLLs, the __imp__ symbol prefix is used for the trampoline function that calls into the DLL proper. This symbol is then provided by a small static library with the extension .dll.a.

When you include libssh headers, you need to set a #define to indicate that you’re expecting to link statically. If you don’t, the libssh functions in the header will be declared __declspec(dllimport) and so the __imp__ symbols will be expected at link time.

I had a look at the libssh source and found this at the top of libssh.h:

#ifdef LIBSSH_STATIC
  #define LIBSSH_API
#else
  #if defined _WIN32 || defined __CYGWIN__
    #ifdef LIBSSH_EXPORTS
      #ifdef __GNUC__
        #define LIBSSH_API __attribute__((dllexport))
      #else
        #define LIBSSH_API __declspec(dllexport)
      #endif
    #else
      #ifdef __GNUC__
        #define LIBSSH_API __attribute__((dllimport))
      #else
        #define LIBSSH_API __declspec(dllimport)
      #endif
    #endif
  #else
    #if __GNUC__ >= 4
      #define LIBSSH_API __attribute__((visibility("default")))
    #else
      #define LIBSSH_API
    #endif
  #endif
#endif

You need to define LIBSSH_STATIC, either through #define before the #include <libssh.h> line, or as a /D option. Since you’re using CMake, you’ll probably do this through add_definitions in CMakeLists.txt.

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