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Q38319: C Setup Gives Error U2155 When Building Libraries

Article: Q38319
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10   | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | S_LIB | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 15-JAN-1990

Problem:

When installing Optimizing C, I get the following error:

   LIB : error U2155: <path> : module not in library; ignored

Response:

Most likely, this is caused by having a dash (-) embedded in the path
specified as the combined libraries destination. Restart SETUP and do
not include a dash in the library path.

This is a problem with LIB.EXE.

LIB cannot handle the "-" (hyphen, dash) character embedded in a
directory/file name. Instead, it interprets the dash as the extraction
operator giving rise to error U2155. The hyphen is a legal character
for DOS file and directory names and many people use it (for example,
MS-C for the C directory.) In this example, LIB will terminate with
the following cryptic message:

   U2155:   C:\MS-C\MLIBCE.LIB  module not in library (ms.obj)

The message is dependent upon the directory/file name used, but the
symptom is always the same: module not in library, invalid object
module, object file not found, etc.

Note: this error can occur in situations other than setting up the
compiler. Anytime you pass a directory/file name that contains a
hyphen, you can cause this behavior.

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