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Q123492: FIX: Link /SECTION Option Does Not Check for Name Errors

Article: Q123492
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVC400fix
Last Modified: 11-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- The Linker (LINK.EXE), included with:
   - Microsoft Visual C++ 
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SYMPTOMS
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The /SECTION option for the linker does not check:

- The name specified to determine the existence of that section.

- The case of the name even though the documentation for the /SECTION option
  states that the name is case sensitive.

- The attributes following the section name for errors.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ version 4.0.

REFERENCES
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The following information is taken from Visual C++ version 2.0 Books Online,
Appendix B regarding the /SECTION linker option:

     /SECTION:name,attributes

  This option changes the attributes of a section, overriding the attributes
  set when the object file for the section was compiled.

  Specify a colon (:) and a section name. The name is case sensitive.

  Specify one or more attributes for the section. The attribute characters are
  E, R, W, and S and are not case sensitive. You must specify all attributes
  that you want the section to have; an omitted attribute character causes that
  attribute bit to be turned off. Attribute characters have the following
  meanings:

  Character       Attribute       Meaning
  E               execute         Allows code to be executed
  R               read            Allows read operations on data
  W               write           Allows write operations on data
  S               shared          Shares the section among all

  processes that load the image

A section that does not have E, R, or W set is probably invalid.

NOTE: Under Win32s, the DLL data sections are loaded as "shared" even if that
attribute is not set, because Windows has this requirement.

Additional query words: 2.50

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Keywords          : kbVC400fix 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbLINKSearch kbLINK100
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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