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From: stefan@spcc386.UUCP (Stefan Posthuma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: PACK vs. reserved header elements ?
Message-ID: <271@spcc386.UUCP>
Date: 8 Sep 89 09:10:39 GMT
References: <1051@pcsbst.UUCP>
Reply-To: stefan@spcc386.UUCP (Stefan Posthuma)
Organization: SPC Company, Heeswijk-Dinther, the Netherlands
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roland@cochise writes:
>I found out that most programs _linked by Turbo C ST_ have
>a nonzero value in the _first 'reserved' longword_ in the header!

Programs assembled with DevPack in debugger mode will also give the
same error (which means "error in header" by the way). My guess is that
PACK cannot cope with a symbol table added to the program. I don't know
TurboC, but there must be an option to strip the executable.

BTW, I have a VERY good packing routine which I use to compress my demo
stuff and the ST NEWS stuff (30-35% compression).
If anybody wants to write a new PACK, I can send him the source (in assembler). 
Or maybe I'll do it myself if I can find the time.
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