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From: goodearl@world.std.com (Robert D Goodearl)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: 3.0 SDK problems
Summary: need segment executable linker with windows sdk
Message-ID: <1990Jul23.125902.10376@world.std.com>
Date: 23 Jul 90 12:59:02 GMT
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In article <26093@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>I just got my 3.0 SDK upgrade yesterday, and these are the major problems
>I found:

...

>3.  The major problem is with the 5.10 linker.  It just plain doesn't
>work.  It doesn't seem to be able to pick up ANY of the Windows library
>symbols and tells me that all the ones I use (174) are undefined, and
>then aborts.
>
>I tried to use LINK4, and that one works just fine.  The linker that came
>with Microsoft C 5.10 comes up and says "Overlay Linker V. 3.65".
>

There are two linkers supplied with both Microsoft C 5.1 and 6.0.  You need
the segment executable linker for use with the SDK.  Check the distribution
disks and you will find two linkers.  One is DOS only, the other (the one
you want) is a bound version that operates in DOS and OS/2.

Bob Goodearl -- goodearl@world.std.com