PRB: LIB with /NOI Preserves Case for Object Module Names

ID: Q84748

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft LIB for MS-DOS, versions 3.1, 3.11, 3.17, 3.18, 3.2, 3.20.010, 3.31, 3.4
Microsoft LIB for OS/2, versions 3.1, 3.11, 3.17, 3.18

SYMPTOMS

When using the Microsoft Library Manager (LIB) to extract or delete an object module in a library, the following error is generated even though the object module is in the library:

LIB: U2155: 'module' : module not in library; ignored

Similarly, when attempting to replace an object module in a library, the following warnings are generated even though the object module is in the library:

LIB: U4155: 'module' : module not in library
LIB: U4151: 'symbol' : symbol defined in module 'module' redefinition ignored

When attempting to add an object module to a library that already contains it, the following warning is generated:

LIB: U4151: 'symbol' : symbol defined in module 'module' redefinition ignored

This warning may be followed by:

LIB: U4150: 'module' : module redefinition ignored

Instead, just the U4150 warning should be generated.

CAUSE

The library may have been created using the /NOI option on the LIB command line. This switch turns on case sensitivity when comparing symbols. However, this also causes LIB to preserve case when comparing module names. This can result in unexpected U2155, U4155, U4151, and U4150 messages.

For example, suppose TESTLIB.LIB does not previously exist and is created as in the following example: lib testlib.lib /NOI TEST.OBJ;

Executing the following command to extract TEST.OBJ

lib testlib.lib *test.obj;

will result in an incorrect U2155 error because LIB will not match test.obj with TEST.OBJ, because TESTLIB.LIB was created using the /NOI option.

Executing commands to remove TEST.OBJ from the library or to both extract and remove TEST.OBJ, as shown below

lib testlib.lib -test.obj;
lib testlib.lib -*test.obj;

will generate the same incorrect U2155 error because test.obj will not be considered as matching TEST.OBJ.

Similarly, the command to replace TEST.OBJ in the library

lib testlib.lib -+test.obj;

generates warnings U4155 and U4151 because LIB does not consider test.obj to be the same as TEST.OBJ. Thus the same module is added to the library a second time causing symbol redefinitions.

Also, the command to add test.obj to the library TESTLIB.LIB, which already contains it as TEST.OBJ

lib testlib.lib +test.obj;

causes the U4151 warning to be generated, possibly followed by the U4150 warning. Again, this is because test.obj is not considered to be the same module name as TEST.OBJ.

RESOLUTION

The following are workarounds in this situation.

Do not use /NOI when first creating a library. This causes module names to be handled correctly.

If a library is created with /NOI, use it to create a new library without the /NOI option. The module names in the new library will not be case sensitive. For example, if TESTLIB.LIB was originally created with /NOI, then
lib /IGN newlib.lib +testlib.lib;
will create a new library, NEWLIB.LIB, that will be a copy of TESTLIB.LIB but that will have module names that are not case sensitive. The /IGN (ignore case) option is the default and is included here only for emphasis.

STATUS

This feature is under review.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.20 LibIss

Keywords : kb16bitonly
Version : MS-DOS:3.1,3.11,3.17,3.18,3.2,3.20.010,3.31,3.4; OS/2:3.1,3.11,3.17,3.18
Platform : MS-DOS OS/2
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