From:	Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>
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Subject:	Re: (fwd) startup-code
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Date:	Thu, 14 Sep 2000 06:46:39 +0200 (MET DST)
In-Reply-To:	<200009131748.NAA14069@envy.delorie.com> from "DJ Delorie" at Sep 13, 2000 01:48:21 PM
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> 'end' is a special symbol the linker inserts at the very end of your
> program.  Avoid using it as a global.

So the use in dpmiexcp.c is correct? Wouldn't it be better if the
symbol was named "_end" or "__end"? Is it possible to change?

> "ld --verbose | grep end" will show you where it comes from.

Alas the program gcc uses is collect2 not ld, and the output from
collect2 --verbose does not contain any symbol end.


Right,

						MartinS

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