error LNK1169: one or more multiply defined symbols found

Hi,

I am linking two Third party libs in my application. (Both libs are from different vendors)
I am getting the following error

1>slic.lib(xmllsp.obj) : error LNK2005: _endElement already defined in libxml_mdd.lib(legacy.obj)
1>slic.lib(xmllsp.obj) : error LNK2005: _startElement already defined in libxml_mdd.lib(legacy.obj)
1>libadt_mdd.lib(list.obj) : error LNK2005: _list_init already defined in slic.lib(s_list.obj)
1>libadt_mdd.lib(list.obj) : error LNK2005: _list_remove already defined in slic.lib(s_list.obj)

I know that this error comes when Linker found same symbol at multiple locations.

How to resolve this, as both libs i am using are third party, i dont have control on its code.

Thank you,

Prafulla Vedante

Tags: C++, Windows, Linux, Linker