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Visual C++: How to disable specific linker warnings?

Asked 2009-03-19T09:53:24.343
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I'm using a library from CGAL which during the linking stage of my code compilation produces a lot of linking warnings of this form:

warning LNK4099: PDB 'vc80.pdb' was not found with 'gmp-vc80-mt-sgd.lib' or at 'vc80.pdb'; linking object as if no debug info

How do I turn off this specific linker warning under Visual C++/Studio 2008?

Note that I do not have any control on the external (CGAL) library which I am using. I cannot/donot want to get into recompiling the external library. Hence, the need to fix the messages at my end.

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I suspect /ignore is a VC6 link.exe option. for VS2005 and VS2008's linker there's no documented /ignore option available, but the linker looks just ignore the "/ignore:XXX" option, no error and no effect.

answered 2009-05-04T07:49:55.060
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You cannot disable linker warning 4099, as said @John Weldon.

You should rebuild library with some project configuration changes. You have several options:

  • Save PDB file with debug information is same folder where you save .lib file. Set value "$(OutDir)$(TargetName).pdb" to Properties->C/C++->Output Files-Program Database File Name
  • Save debug information in .lib file. Set value "C7 compatible (/Z7)" to Properties->C/C++->General->Debug Information Format
  • Disable generation debug information for this library. Remove value from Properties->C/C++->General->Debug Information Format
answered 2012-07-06T13:59:21.940

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