FIX: Link /SECTION Option Does Not Check for Name Errors (123492)
The information in this article applies to:
- The Linker (LINK.EXE), when used with:
This article was previously published under Q123492 SYMPTOMS
The /SECTION option for the linker does not check:
- The name specified to determine the existence of that section.
- The case of the name even though the documentation for the /SECTION
option states that the name is case sensitive.
- The attributes following the section name for errors.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++
version 4.0.
REFERENCES
The following information is taken from Visual C++ version 2.0 Books
Online, Appendix B regarding the /SECTION linker option:
/SECTION:name,attributes
This option changes the attributes of a section, overriding the
attributes set when the object file for the section was compiled.
Specify a colon (:) and a section name. The name is case sensitive.
Specify one or more attributes for the section. The attribute
characters are E, R, W, and S and are not case sensitive. You must
specify all attributes that you want the section to have; an omitted
attribute character causes that attribute bit to be turned off.
Attribute characters have the following meanings:
Character Attribute Meaning
E execute Allows code to be executed
R read Allows read operations on data
W write Allows write operations on data
S shared Shares the section among all
processes that load the image
A section that does not have E, R, or W set is probably invalid.
NOTE: Under Win32s, the DLL data sections are loaded as "shared" even
if that attribute is not set, because Windows has this requirement.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/23/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbfix kbVC400fix KB123492 |
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