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Link errors on Windows

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start with the MSVC build failure in the linked GitHub Actions log, focusing on the wave executable and the two failing samples. Compare their dependency configuration with samples that link successfully, then verify that the affected targets build and link without missing program_options symbols.

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Description

The MSVC builds fail on the wave executable and two of the samples with missing program_options symbols. See for example this log. I suspect the dependency is misconfigured, as it looks different from the samples that are linking successfully.

Dominant language
C++
Stars
29
Forks
56
Avg merge
1d 15h
Merged PRs (30d)
4

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