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
Recovery. If you really wanted to use a name that begins with an equal sign in this
context, you can’t. On the PC or OSS, the Guardian DEFINE mechanism is not
present, so you need to directly specify the intended filename.
Cause. Multiple global symbols are present in the link files. The common data file is
larger in size than the defined data file.
Effect. The application might not work because of possible data loss.
Recovery. Ensure that the application does not include duplicate global symbols of
different sizes.
Cause. The contents of the specified input filename might not be correct. As a result,
eld does not process the file.
Effect. Fatal error. eld stops immediately without creating an output file.
Recovery. Contact your HP representative.
Cause. The contents of the specified input filename might not be correct. As a result,
eld does not process the file.
Effect. Fatal error. eld stops immediately without creating an output file.
Recovery. Contact your HP representative.
For details on Cause and Recovery, see eld Functionality for 64-Bit
on page 4-12.
Effect. Fatal error. eld stops immediately without creating an output file..
For details on Cause and Recovery, see eld Functionality for 64-Bit
on page 4-12.
Effect. Fatal error. eld stops immediately without creating an output file.
1657 Common data is larger in size, possible loss of data.
1659 < filename>: the resident procedure <procedure name> is
in <section name>, which is not a resident code section.
1660 <filename>: the procedure <procedure name> is in
<section name>, which is a resident code section, but is not
a RESIDENT procedure.
1665 The -set data_model neutral option is not allowed when a
program is being created.
1666 Bad value given for the -change data_model option; the
only allowed value is ‘neutral’.
1667 The -change data_model option is not allowed because the
existing file <filename> is a program.










