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

• The Linker (LINK.EXE), included with:
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition

SYMPTOMS

The /SECTION option for the linker does not check:

• The name specified to determine the existance 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

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

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

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Keywords : kbVC400fix LinkIss
Version : winnt:
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug