Profiling libraries linked statically into an application

Question

The /PROFILE linker option does not seem to include the functions from the libraries linked in statically using the Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies property. The linker throws "Discarding..." statements for all the symbols from the libraries. Any thoughts on how to get this working?

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

I use Visual Studio 2010, create a Win32 windows application, and set linker option "/PROFILE". From the output window, I only see this info.

1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: profile_test, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>  stdafx.cpp
1>  profile_test.cpp
1>LINK : warning LNK4075: ignoring '/INCREMENTAL' due to '/PROFILE' specification
1>profile_test.obj : warning LNK4075: ignoring '/EDITANDCONTINUE' due to '/OPT:REF' specification
1>LINK : warning LNK4075: ignoring '/INCREMENTAL' due to '/PROFILE' specification
1>profile_test.obj : warning LNK4075: ignoring '/EDITANDCONTINUE' due to '/OPT:REF' specification
1>  profile_test.vcxproj -> E:\visual studio 2010\profile_test\Debug\profile_test.exe
========== Rebuild All: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========

I don't see the output like "Discarding...". Can you clarify Visual Studio version, testing steps?

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