From:	xyzzy AT snafu DOT fubar (Roger)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: LD looks at zip drive
Date:	Wed, 31 Dec 1997 19:27:12 GMT
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On 31 Dec 1997 06:46:32 GMT, myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees) wrote:

>In article <34aa0925 DOT 37174269 AT news DOT dircon DOT co DOT uk>, xyzzy AT snafu DOT fubar (Roger)
>writes:
>>The following string appears in GNU ld 2.8.1 (the offset is from the beginning
>>of the file):
>>
>>	0x03C77C   e:/djgpp/i386-pc-msdosdjgpp/lib
>>
>>Changing the e: to c: "cured" it for me! (The directory does not actually
>exist;
>>ld finds out this quickly and gets on looking in its other places.)
>
>That is very interesting.  Forgive a newbie for asking: you mean that you just
>edited the source and recompiled LD?  I'd try that right now, but I'd have to
>take the time to learn how to do it properly.  I might mess something up.

I used a hex editor to change the "e" to a "c" in ld.exe. As that worked and
didn't seem to have any adverse side-effects I didn't bother doing anything
else.
-- 
Roger

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