# win32 build fails on VC6

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/7293
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- Started by Ard Biesheuvel on 2004-01-23T12:35:46+00:00
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## #7293 — Ard Biesheuvel — 2004-01-23T12:35:46+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/7293#7293

Hi guys,

When building HEAD on VC6 with the new build system, the linker fails 
because the symbols _pctype and ___mb_cur_max are not defined. These are 
defined in libcmt, which is excluded explicitly from the link stage.

If I remove the /nodefaultlib:libcmt directive, the build succeeds with 
a warning, but the resulting php5ts_debug.dll works like a charm. Has 
anyone else experienced this problem?

Another question: are we going to ditch the old build system right away?
The new build system works a lot better for the interbase extension, 
because the different flavours of interbase/firebird use different 
combinations of client libraries with different names.

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Ard