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From: mar@hpclmar.HP.COM (Michelle Ruscetta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: BUG in unshared programs on HP-UX
Message-ID: <1340068@hpclmar.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Aug 89 16:45:23 GMT
References: <2450@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab
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> Unshared programs invariably fail to have enough room.
> 
> Reproduce by:

< example deleted >

> will say on our system:  Not enough room.

  This is not a bug, the -N option cannot be used with exec(2).

  The man page for ld states that the files resulting from an ld -N link
  (cc -N compile) are not executable via 'exec'.

  Non-sharable files are not supported under the standard exec call.
  The -N is used for special applications -- in particular when building
  the HPUX kernel. 

  The man page states (under DEPENDENCIES, s800):

          Nonsharable, executable files generated with the -N
          option cannot be executed via exec(2). Typically, -N
          is used when rebuilding the kernel.

  Another common use for the -N option is when using incremental linking
  via the linker's -A option. When -N is specified, then the data is
  placed immediately following the code, which makes it possible to
  read all of the text and data of the file into memory contiguously.