eld Manual
Table Of Contents
- eld Manual
- Legal Notices
- Contents
- What’s New in This Manual
- Manual Information
- New and Changed Information
- About This Manual
- Notation Conventions
- 1 Introduction to eld
- 2 eld Input and Output
- 3 Binding of References
- Overview
- Presetting Loadfiles
- To Preset or Not to Preset, and Creation of the LIC
- Handling Unresolved References
- Using User Libraries
- Creating Import Libraries
- Ignoring Optional Libraries
- Merging Symbols Found in Input Linkfiles
- Accepting Multiply-Defined Symbols
- Using the -cross_dll_cleanup option
- Specifying Which Symbols to Export, and Creating the Export Digest
- Public Libraries and DLLs
- The Public Library Registry
- 4 Other eld Processing
- Adjusting Loadfiles: The -alf Option
- Additional rules about -alf
- The -set and -change Options
- eld Functionality for 64-Bit
- Checking the C++ Language Dialect
- Renaming Symbols
- Creating Linker-Defined Symbols
- Updating Or Stripping DWARF Symbol Table Information
- Modifying the Data Sections that Contain Stack Unwinding Information
- Creating the MCB
- Processing of Floating Point Versions and Data Models
- Specification of the Main Entry Point
- Specifying Runtime Search Path Information for DLLs
- Merging Source RTDUs
- 5 Summary of Linker Options
- 6 Output Listings and Error Handling
- A TNS/E Native Object Files
- Glossary
- Index

Output Listings and Error Handling
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Error Messages
the symbol named in this message. After that, there is an instance of this message
number 1228 for each additional definition that eld sees for the symbol.
Effect. Information (This is not indicative of a problem).
Recovery. No action required.
Cause. eld encountered global symbols of the same name, of which one is common
data and the other is a definition. The definition overrides the common data.
Effect. The application does not execute properly. See warning 1657 on page 6-124.
Recovery. Ensure that the application does not include duplicate global symbols of
different sizes. See warning 1230 on page 6-38 to know the name of the common data
and the file it is present in.
Cause. Multiple global symbols of the same name <symbol name> are present in
the link files, of which common data is present in <filename>.
Effect. For informational purposes only. (might indicate a problem, see warning 1657
on page 6-124).
Recovery. See the recovery step of warning 1229 on page 6-38.
Cause. eld encountered global symbols of the same name, of which one is common
data and the other is a definition. The definition overrides the common data.
Effect. The application does not execute properly. See warning 1657 on page 6-124.
Recovery. Ensure that the application does not include duplicate global symbols of
different sizes. For more information about the name of the common data and its
location, see warning 1232 on page 6-38
.
Cause. Multiple global symbols of the same name <symbol name> are present in
the link files, of which common data is present in <filename>.
1229 Definition of <symbol name> from file <filename> is
overriding common of the same name.
1230 Common <symbol name> is in file <filename>.
1231 Common of <symbol name> in file <file name> is
overridden by definition.
1232 Common of <symbol name> is defined in file <file name>.










