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Q42027: Ambiguous Switch /PAC with QuickC 2.00 Linker

Article: Q42027
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 4.06
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_quickc b_quickbas docerr | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 22-JAN-1990

Using the /PAC switch with LINK Version 4.06 results in the
following error:

   fatal error L1001: PAC : option name ambiguous

This same option works correctly on Versions 3.65 and 5.01.21, and is
documented as being a valid shorthand name for /PACKCODE on Page 131
of the "QuickC Tool Kit."

The problem is due to a conflict with an option that is not documented
in the Tool Kit, but is displayed when LINK is invoked with /HELP. The
option that causes the ambiguity is /PACKDATA, which causes data
segments to be combined.

The shortest version of /PACKCODE that can be used is /PACKC.
Similarly, /PACKD is the shortest version of /PACKDATA that can be
used.

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