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
Cause. You used the -export_all option, to tell eld that all normal global symbols
should be exported from the program or DLL being created. Or, you may have used
the -ul option, which implies the -export_all option. But, you also used the -r option,
to tell eld to build another object file that can be used as linker input, rather than a
program or DLL.
Effect. Error (The linker cannot do what was requested of it and will eventually stop,
but may continue for the purpose of detecting additional errors before stopping).
Recovery. If your intention is to create a program or DLL then don’t specify the -r
option. If your intention is to use the -r option to create a new object file that can be
used as eld input then don’t specify the -export_all or -ul option.
Cause. You used the -hidden_symbol option (or its synonym, the -export_not option),
to tell eld not to export a certain symbol from the program or DLL being created. You
also used the -r option, to tell eld to build another object file that can be used as
linker input, rather than a program or DLL.
Effect. Error (The linker cannot do what was requested of it and will eventually stop,
but may continue for the purpose of detecting additional errors before stopping).
Recovery. If your intention is to create a program or DLL then don’t specify the -r
option. If your intention is to use the -r option to create a new object file that can be
used as eld input then don’t specify the -hidden_symbol option.
Cause. You used the -exported_symbol option (or its synonym, the -export option), to
tell eld to export a certain symbol from the program or DLL being created. You also
used the -r option, to tell eld to build another object file that can be used as linker
input, rather than a program or DLL.
Effect. Error (The linker cannot do what was requested of it and will eventually stop,
but may continue for the purpose of detecting additional errors before stopping).
Recovery. If your intention is to create a program or DLL then don’t specify the
-r
option. If your intention is to use the
-r option to create a new object file that can be
used as eld input then don’t specify the -export option.
Cause. You gave the -exported_symbol option (or its synonym, the -export option) to
say that a certain symbol should be exported. However, only symbols that are defined
1567 The -hidden_symbol option is not allowed with the -r
option.
1568 The -exported_symbol option is not allowed with the -r
option.
1569 The -exported_symbol <symbol name> is not present.










