[jira] [Created] (ARROW-15298) Linking error for debug build on Windows

["Zois Tasoulas (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Zois Tasoulas created ARROW-15298:
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             Summary: Linking error for debug build on Windows
                 Key: ARROW-15298
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-15298
             Project: Apache Arrow
          Issue Type: Bug
         Environment: Windows 10
            Reporter: Zois Tasoulas


I experienced a linking error while building the debug flavor of the project I am working on, that links dynamically the arrow libraries, on Windows. Specifically the error is described in [Linker Tools Warning LNK4098|https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-errors/linker-tools-warning-lnk4098?view=msvc-170].
The issue stems from the following CMake line, [arrow/cpp/cmake_modules/SetupCxxFlags.cmake|https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/8b440d1b5df4a0e58bcaa422b83e6d6ff1213b5f/cpp/cmake_modules/SetupCxxFlags.cmake#L643].

The solution that worked in my case was to explicitly mention which libraries to exclude when building the release and debug flavor, following the table at [Linker Tools Warning LNK4098|https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-errors/linker-tools-warning-lnk4098?view=msvc-170]. Specifically the aforementioned link to the Microsoft page describes in detail which libraries to exclude when linking dynamically with C run-time, i.e.,
{code:bash}
NOT ARROW_USE_STATIC_CRT{code}
.

Additionally, for debug flavor builds, the /MDd or /MTd options might need to be set explicitly. I pass that from my project's configuration but I think it is not done explicitly within Arrow CMake files. Relevant link [Linker Tools Error LNK2001|https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-errors/linker-tools-error-lnk2001?view=msvc-160], read segment "If you link to the release mode libraries when building a debug version [...]"

Apache Arrow ticket that introduced the aforementioned CMake line change and dealt with the same issue: ARROW-4014



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