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From: VBRANDT@DBNUAMA1.BITNET
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Subject: GEMDOS bug running fully relocatable programs ?
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Date: 2 Sep 88 21:28:25 GMT
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Hello all,

   ... while rereading the last few digests I came across the discussion on
program loading and relocating. Please tell me if I understood correctly:

   When I have a program that does not use absolute addresses (ie. the relocate
flag in the program header is turned off), the following things happen:

    -  The program file is left open, the handle is 'used up'.
    -  The BSS is not cleared (what could there be in it?)

   Do these problem remain in the current 'blitter' TOS ? What side effects
do they have (aside from GEMDOS possibly running out of file handles or the
BSS containing garbage) ?

   I'm interested in this since I usually take care to keep all my assembler
programs position-independent.

   Any and all info is welcome.

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