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- From: jcwasik@srv.PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik)
- Subject: Re: C/C++ 7.00 patch
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.235148.16428@PacBell.COM>
- Sender: news@PacBell.COM (Pacific Bell Netnews)
- Organization: Pacific * Bell
- References: <1992Sep4.162613.15535@mic.ucla.edu> <1266@datmuc.UUCP> <1992Sep08.152811.16431@sygnus.uucp>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 23:51:48 GMT
- Lines: 195
-
- The following was downloaded from CompuServe, forum MSLANG. If someone has
- a DOS oriented ftp site, I'll be glad to share patch file. Otherwise, it's
- just to large to distribute.
-
-
- PATCH.TXT
-
-
- PATCH.TXT file for Microsoft(R) C/C++, Version 7.0
- (C) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1992
-
- Several problems in the original Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 release
- have been fixed. This document describes the fixes.
-
-
- =============================< CONTENTS >=============================
-
- This file has the following sections:
-
-
- Part 1: Installation Instructions
-
- Part 2: What Has Been Fixed?
-
- Part 3: Affected Files
-
-
- =====================< INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS >====================
-
- Copy the contents of the distribution disk to the directory
- where you installed C/C++ 7.0 (for instance, C:\C700). From
- that directory, run this command:
-
- patch
-
- The patch may take some time to complete; please be patient.
-
-
- =======================< WHAT HAS BEEN FIXED? >=======================
-
- The patch modifies the following components:
-
- LINK
- LIB
- IMPLIB
- PWB (including PWB.EXE and PWBUTILS.MXT)
- CV and CVW (including the DLLs)
- CVPACK
- TRACE
- TXTONLY.OBJ
- GRAPHICS.LIB
-
- Part 3 lists all the affected files. The following sections
- describe the fixes to each component.
-
- LINK (version 5.31.009) Fixes
- -----------------------------
-
- - Fixups of MOVE overlays no longer incorrectly generate
- error L1101 ("invalid object module") if a thunk is targeted
- into the same overlay.
-
- - The linker no longer overflows internal tables if a large
- number of MOVE overlays are requested.
-
- - Data items defined as dw<?> are no longer incorrectly
- initialized to zero in the presence of overlapping virtual
- memory areas.
-
- - The linker is no longer prevented from generating correct
- "unresolved external" error messages if a program uses
- APPLOADER in the .DEF file.
-
- - The linker no longer creates an executable file that fills
- available hard disk space, an error that occured only
- when [1] two symbols in the same .OBJ file differed only in
- capitalization (for example, ExtraBytes and EXTRABYTES),
- [2] you linked with /CO and not with /NOI, and [3] the
- symbols were defined in an order that created a COMDEF
- record for the first one and a PUBDEF for the second.
-
- - The linker no longer incorrectly generates errors when
- linking MOVE overlays that include .OBJ files compiled with
- the /Gy (use Comdats) option.
-
- - The linker no longer incorrectly generates error L1035
- ("error in module definition file) in cases where [1] a
- FUNCTIONS statement appeared first in the .DEF file, or
- [2] new PRIVATE or PRIVATELIB statements were added to
- a LIBRARY statement.
-
- - New warning L4059 has been added. It occurs if code
- contains far segment references to overlaid targets. These
- references are resolved correctly only if they are code
- references (not data references).
-
- - New warning L4087 has been added. It warns that the /DYNAMIC
- option disables /EXEPACK. The linker now ignores /EXEPACK
- for MOVE applications, preventing previous problems in
- executables linked with /DYNAMIC and /EXEPACK.
-
- LIB (version 3.20.010) Fixes
- ----------------------------
-
- - LIB now correctly handles a symbol with more than 128
- characters in its name.
-
-
- IMPLIB (version 1.40.005) Fixes
- -------------------------------
-
- - IMPLIB now correctly handles a symbol with more than 128
- characters in its name.
-
- PWB (version 2.1.49) Fixes
- --------------------------
-
- - PWB no longer causes unexpected link errors when you try to
- build a project after trying to customize a project template.
- This condition occurred if you had tried to use the Customize
- Project Template dialog and all additional libraries were
- removed from the link options.
-
- - PWB no longer causes fatal error U1095 ("expanded command
- line too long") if you use the library template with a large
- number of OBJ files in a project file.
-
- - PWB's project mechanism no longer reports errors if PRELOAD,
- FIXED, DISCARDABLE or LOADONCALL appear in your .RC file. To
- take advantage of this fix, be sure to delete your existing
- PWB status file (CURRENT.STS) located in the directory
- specified by the INIT environment variable.
-
- CV and CVW (version 4.01) Fixes
- -------------------------------
-
- - It is now possible to set a breakpoint inside the Windows
- kernel (particularly, USER.DLL and GDI.DLL).
-
- - It is now possible to set a breakpoint on a Windows API
- routine (for instance, GlobalAlloc).
-
- - CodeView no longer causes a UAE when loading user DLLS.
-
- - The CodeView user interface no longer causes UAEs.
-
- CVPACK (version 4.01) Fixes
- ---------------------------
-
- - CVPACK no longer prevents linking of certain executables
- containing .OBJ files with CodeView information generated
- by C 6.0 and C/C++ 7.0.
-
- TRACE (version 1.1) Fixes
- -------------------------
-
- - TRACE /E now recognizes the executable CV format.
-
-
- TXTONLY.OBJ Fixes
- -----------------
-
- - TXTONLY.OBJ no longer causes a link error when a program
- calls _clearscreen. (TXTONLY.OBJ is used to reduce the
- size of executables that use only text modes and do not
- change the pallette.)
-
-
- GRAPHICS.LIB Fixes
- ------------------
-
- - The _outtext and _outmem functions now behave correctly
- in text mode on CGA systems.
-
- ==========================< AFFECTED FILES >==========================
-
- Files contained in the C700\BIN directory:
-
- LIB.EXE LINK.EXE PWB.EXE PWBUTILS.MXT
- CV.EXE CVPACK.EXE RCVCOM.EXE TRACE.EXE
- CVW4.EXE RCVWCOM.EXE IMPLIB.EXE TLW0LOC.DLL
- DMW0.DLL EEW0CAN.DLL EMD1W0.DLL NMW0PCD.DLL
- EED1CAN.DLL EEW0CXX.DLL EMW0W0.DLL TLD1COM.DLL
- EED1CXX.DLL EMD1D1.DLL NMD1PCD.DLL TLD1LOC.DLL
- SHD1.DLL SHW0.DLL
-
- Files contained in the C700\LIB directory:
-
- TXTONLY.OBJ
- GRAPHICS.LIB
-
- --
- Joe Wasik, Pacific Bell, San Ramon, CA (510)823-2422, jcwasik@pacbell.com
- "Be good -- go to church. Be good -- go to church. Be good -- go to church."
- -- Republican Economic Plan.
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