Can't link libpcrecpp w/ MinGW - c++

Question

While compiling/linking this code:
#include <string>
using std::string;
#include <pcrecpp.h>
using pcrecpp::RE;
int main() {
string
subj ("Hello world!"),
rgx ("lolCat([0-9])"),
result;
RE(rgx).FullMatch(subj, &result);
}
... by using this command:
i586-mingw32msvc-g++ -std=c++11 -o test.exe -Ipcre-install/include test.cpp \
pcre-install/lib/libpcre.a \
pcre-install/lib/libpcrecpp.a \
pcre-install/lib/libpcreposix.a
... I get this error(s):
/tmp/ccAR72nT.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x119): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN7pcrecpp2RE6no_argE'
/tmp/ccAR72nT.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x123): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN7pcrecpp2RE6no_argE'
/tmp/ccAR72nT.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x12d): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN7pcrecpp2RE6no_argE'
/tmp/ccAR72nT.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x137): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN7pcrecpp2RE6no_argE'
/tmp/ccAR72nT.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x141): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN7pcrecpp2RE6no_argE'
/tmp/ccAR72nT.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x14b): more undefined references to `_imp___ZN7pcrecpp2RE6no_argE' follow
/tmp/ccAR72nT.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x1bd): undefined reference to `_imp___ZNK7pcrecpp2RE9FullMatchERKNS_11StringPieceERKNS_3ArgES6_S6_S6_S6_S6_S6_S6_S6_S6_S6_S6_S6_S6_S6_S6_'
/tmp/ccAR72nT.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x1d6): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN7pcrecpp2RED1Ev'
/tmp/ccAR72nT.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x294): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN7pcrecpp2RED1Ev'
/tmp/ccAR72nT.o:test.cpp:(.text$_ZN7pcrecpp3ArgC1EPSs[__ZN7pcrecpp3ArgC1EPSs]+0x16): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN7pcrecpp3Arg12parse_stringEPKciPv'
/tmp/ccAR72nT.o:test.cpp:(.text$_ZN7pcrecpp2REC1ERKSs[__ZN7pcrecpp2REC1ERKSs]+0x6a): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN7pcrecpp2RE4InitERKSsPKNS_10RE_OptionsE'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Am I doing anything wrong?
libpcrecpp was compiled with this configuration:
../pcre3-8.35/configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc \
--enable-shared=no --enable-static=yes \
--prefix="$(readlink -m ../pcre-install)"

Answer 1

You have compile pcrecpp as static library and you need to define PCRE_STATIC when compiling your code, see https://github.com/vmg/pcre/blob/a257f5c7acc12e64dc2b5aa170b8e4b87dc34f83/pcreposix.h#L117
i586-mingw32msvc-g++ -std=c++11 -o test.exe -DPCRE_STATIC -Ipcre-install/include test.cpp \
pcre-install/lib/libpcre.a \
pcre-install/lib/libpcrecpp.a \
pcre-install/lib/libpcreposix.a
Without PCRE_STATIC all public functions marked as dllimport and have different name mangling

Answer 2

You must define PCRE_STATIC (i.e. -DPCRE_STATIC).