grpc_unsecure.lib(bdp_estimator.cc.obj) : Error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp_rand... about grpc HOT 12 OPEN

@yashykt : Can I request you to kindly look into this? I am actually stuck with this. Thanks in advance.

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actually I am stuck with this. Thanks for your understanding.

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@yashykt : It appears you're unavailable to assist me here. Could you please reassign it to someone else? Given the LINKING issue, it should be straightforward for any experienced gRPC user and certainly swift for experts like yourself.
Thanks for your understanding.

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I regret to express my dissatisfaction with the poor and unresponsive experience I've encountered here. It's essential for people to recognize that users often find themselves stuck and in need of guidance. While developers may be busy coding and creating functionalities, it's crucial to remember the significance of user queries. Just because we're not paying for the service doesn't justify disrespectful treatment. At the very least, the developer could reassign the question to someone else :(

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I believe your question is about a separately owned and maintained project: https://github.com/Tradias/asio-grpc

Feel free to reopen if I'm mistaken.

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Thank you for your response, @gnossen . I understand that asio-grpc is a distinct project. However, the project owner mentioned that it essentially wraps "grpc," and the specific issue is not originating from their end but rather from "grpc" itself. I'm unsure, but I thought you might be able to identify the issue by examining the error message indicating a problem with "unsecure" library linking, perhaps?

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How are you building this? Are you able to provide exact repro steps? It looks like the issue is a failure to resolve the libc function rand (with a Windows-specific __imp_ prefix for DLLs)

@veblush Any insight on this? Could it be as simple as the build not being configured with a proper libc?

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Sorry for the late reply! Can you list how you are installing gRPC please?

Are you able to run the helloworld example provided at https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/master/examples/cpp/helloworld?

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I suspect you're using https://github.com/Tradias/asio-grpc based on your description and you may need to get help from there.

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The way this issue is written, it makes it seem that it is something that should be looked at by asio-grpc which is what is leading maintainers to close it. But, given that there's already been some back and forth, let's try to resolve this.

@vtharmalingam Can you provide details on -

1. Which gRPC version you are using?
2. How gRPC is being built and installed. Note that we support both bazel and cmake - https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/master/src/cpp

As previously asked, can you also verify that you are able to build the example at https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/master/examples/cpp/helloworld.

Additionally, it seems that you are using grpc_unsecure. Any special reason you are depending on that library? That library is more an internal library that users should not need to use directly, and it is an unsecure library which means that it doesn't build with some of the security features. The general recommendation is to depend on gRPC::grpc++.

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