 (/OPT:NOREF)</code> under the linker optimization
settings, otherwise the resulting binaries will fail during runtime.
This is not required when using import libraries generated by <code>lib.exe</code>.
This issue is reported upstream at
<a href="http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12633">http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12633</a>.
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<p>To create import libraries that work with the <code>/OPT:REF</code> option
(which is enabled by default in Release mode), follow these steps:
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