Joe,

We had a customer with the same problem as yours. It is a bug in the Link
Editor that was fixed with a patch (sorry, don't know the ID) somewhere
around the Express 3 release to 5.0. The problem is just as you described,
and it is intermittent. In our case it was just a plain Cobol program that
compiled and linked fine until it was Linked under 5.0.

As I remember it, the patch was simply a new LINKEDIT.PUB.SYS program and
did not even require a reboot. I am sure someone will correct me if I am
wrong and may be able to provide more info.

Doug Werth
Beechglen Development Inc.
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513.922.0509

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> From: Joe Howell <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: GOIN NUTS! LinkEdit Problems
> Date: Tuesday, November 26, 1996 12:51 AM
>
> Listers!  Help! This is driving me nuts!
>
> I have a simple program using DISC Intrinsics, calling NO OTHER
> modules (I commented them all out!) and I am getting a weird load
> error when I try to run.  This error comes and goes as I try to
> work around it (the only logical thing to do since I don't know
> the cause!)
>
> Following is a listprog of the program and the resultant erro
> when I run in:
>
> :
> :LINKEDIT
> HP Link Editor/iX (HP30315A.05.06) Copyright Hewlett-Packard Co 1986
>
>
> LinkEd> LISTPROG PROJHORD.EXE
>
> PROGRAM        : PROJHORD.EXE
> XL LIST        :
> CAPABILITIES   : BA, IA
> NMHEAP SIZE    :
> NMSTACK SIZE   :
> ENTRY NAME     :
> UNSAT NAME     :
> PRIORITY       :
> MAX PRIORITY   :
> POSIX          : NO
> SHARED DATA    : NO
> TEXT SIZE      : 00005670
> DATA SIZE      : 00001A94
> VERSION        : 85082112
>
>
> Sym                       C H X P Sym    Sym        Sym     Lset
> Name                              Type  Scope      Value    Name
> ----                      - - - - ----  -----      -----    ----
> $START$                   0   3 3 sec_p univ       00007DA4
> _start                    0   3 3 sec_p univ       00007DFC
> projhord                  0   3 3 pri_p univ       00007DE0
> $RECOVER_END              0       code  univ       0000B670
> $RECOVER_START            0       code  univ       0000B670
> $START$                   0       code  univ       00007DC0
> $UNWIND_END               0       code  univ       0000B658
> $UNWIND_START             0       code  univ       0000AF48
> _start                    0       code  univ       000082D8
> projhord                  0       code  univ       000082D8
> COB_CLOSE                 0       stub  ext     lp+00000400
> COB_CLOSE_FILES           0       stub  ext     lp+00000320
> COB_DISPLAY               0       stub  ext     lp+00000080
> COB_DISPLAY_FIN           0       stub  ext     lp+00000020
> COB_DISPLAY_INIT          0       stub  ext     lp+00000480
> COB_EDIT                  0       stub  ext     lp+000000C0
> COB_ERR_USE               0       stub  ext     lp+000000E0
> COB_OPEN                  0       stub  ext     lp+00000060
> COB_READKYD               0       stub  ext     lp+00000160
> COB_READSEQ               0       stub  ext     lp+000001C0
> COB_STARTKYD              0       stub  ext     lp+000001E0
> COB_STRING                0       stub  ext     lp+00000120
> COB_WRITE                 0       stub  ext     lp+00000460
> COB_WRITEKYD              0       stub  ext     lp+00000240
> PUTJCW                    0       stub  ext     lp+000002E0
> TERMINATE                 0       stub  ext     lp+00000200
> coboltrap                 0       stub  ext     lp+000002A0
> dbiclose                  3       stub  ext     lp+00000140
> dbiexplain                3       stub  ext     lp+000001A0
> dbifind                   3       stub  ext     lp+00000100
> dbiget                    3       stub  ext     lp+00000420
> dbiopen                   3       stub  ext     lp+000004C0
> dbiput                    3       stub  ext     lp+000002C0
> dbiunlock                 3       stub  ext     lp+000000A0
> dbiupdate                 3       stub  ext     lp+00000360
> vcloseformf               3       stub  ext     lp+00000260
> vcloseterm                3       stub  ext     lp+000003E0
> verrmsg                   3       stub  ext     lp+00000440
> vfieldedits               3       stub  ext     lp+00000380
> vfinishform               3       stub  ext     lp+00000040
> vgetbuffer                3       stub  ext     lp+000003A0
> vputbuffer                3       stub  ext     lp+00000220
> vputwindow                3       stub  ext     lp+00000300
> vreadfields               3       stub  ext     lp+00000180
> vsetkeylabels             3       stub  ext     lp+00000340
> vshowform                 3       stub  ext     lp+00000280
>
>
>
> LinkEd> EXIT
>
> :RUN PROJHORD.EXE;LIB=P
> FAILED TO LOAD PROGRAM PROJHORD.EXE.HOWELL.  (LDRERR 469)
> The number of XRT stated in the SOM AUX header is inconsistent with the
> number
> of imports in the SOM. (LDRERR 472)
> Native mode loader message 472
> Unable to load program to be run. (CIERR 625)
> :
>
> I have been writing this kind of code for 6 years now, and have never
> had this problem.  I assume I have looked at the problem so long, I
> can no longer see the trees for the forest.  Are there any loggers out
> there who can help me out.??  (I'm under a little bit of a time crunch
> on this!)
>
> As always, TVMIA
>
> Joe
>
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