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From: lewis@axiom.UUCP (Lewis Gordon Pringle Jr.)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Megamax Linker/Librarian
Message-ID: <159@axiom.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 16:14:29 EST
Article-I.D.: axiom.159
Posted: Wed Feb  5 16:14:29 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Feb-86 20:38:31 EST
Organization: Axiom Technology, Newton MA
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I have a strange problem with version 2.1 of the Megamax development system.

I have a program conisting of about 10 .o files, which work fine when linked
together.  The resulting compiled program is about 26K.

When I take the .o files, and add them all to a library, and link the resulting
library, I get very different results.  The resulting program is only 24K,
and fails misserably.  The first time I ran it, the cursor was funny, and then
touching the menu bar caused a system bomb.  I figured that the 'smart linker'
might have gotten too smart, and tried to get rid of all static functions,
since it didn't see any references to them, so I #defineded static to extern.
This produced the same sad results.

Debugging is VERY difficult, since Megamax provides NO DEBUGGING tools.
The closest thing to a debugger is a disassembler, which only works on .o
files (and is therefore of no help here!).

Any hints?  The librarian isn't completely broken since I can get the same
thing out, when I put stuff in.  Also, the linker isn't completely broken since
the toolbox interface is in syslib!

HELP!
						Appropriate Remarks,
								Lewis.
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