Subj : Re: problems with command line linker
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Ed Mulroy [TeamB]
Date : Fri Jun 03 2005 07:36 pm

Jack,

It's great to hear that you've found it!

..  Ed

> JackRosenbloom wrote in message
> news:42a09bb4$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> Thanks for your feedback.  I should have been able to find this myself. 
> Here's what I found:
>
> 1) Duplicate symbols was me being blind.  There is a module in my library 
> with a similar looking name as the application which I mis-read. The 
> duplicate error was actually refering to a duplication in my application, 
> not between the library and application.
>
> 2) the fixup error was caused by the -Ff=2000 switch.  The symbol is 
> larger than 2000 bytes.
>
> The compiler/linker switches I got came from using the IDE "Generate 
> Makefile" command.  The makefile it created didn't work, so I have been 
> simplifying it.  The duplicate symbol error got introduced through a 
> manual editting mistake.
>
> The -Ff2000 is a little different.  In my IDE, I have the options:
>
> Far Data threshold = 2000
> Automatic far data is NOT checked
>
> I assume that the reason the IDE build doesn't cause the fixup error is a 
> bug in the automatic makefile generation.  Looks like -Ff2000 should not 
> be in the build.  I assume that in the IDE build, the 2000 parameter is 
> ignored because Automatic far data is off.
>
>
> Thanks for your guidance.  You were a great help!

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