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Q42212: /CO before /DO Causes Problems in LINK

Article: Q42212
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 3.65 4.06 5.01
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | h_masm s_pascal h_fortran buglist3.65 buglist5.01 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 28-MAR-1989

When compiling or assembling with the /Zi switch to include CodeView
symbolic information and linking with /CO to preserve it, the
placement of the /DO switch is crucial. If the /CO switch is specified
before /DO, the following behavior may occur when running CodeView:

   Message                                Behavior

   Enter directory for  (cr for none)?    When CodeView is executed,
                                          no source code will appear.

   Unable to open file

   Internal debugger error: 13            When attempting to change
                                          from assembly view to source
                                          CodeView. Hanging of the
                                          machine when executing
                                          CodeView.

If switching the order of the /CO and the /DO switches does not
take care of the problem then you have to put the .DOSSEG into
your MASM routines and not use the /DO switch.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Versions 3.65 and
5.01. We are researching this problem and will post new information as
it becomes available.

While LINK Version 5.01 may be used in OS/2, the /DO switch has no
meaning. Using it, however, causes the linker to GP fault if /CO
precedes /DO.

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