Date:	Fri, 08 Jun 2001 18:40:23 +0300
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> From: "Orlando P. Hevia" <heviaop AT ssdfe DOT com DOT ar>
> Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:24:24 -0300
> 
> /* Common Block Declarations */
> 
> struct killcode_mup__1_ {
>     char dmup[612240];
> };
> 
> #define killcode_mup__1 (*(struct killcode_mup__1_ *) 
> &killcode_mup__)
> 
> /* Initialized data */
> 
> struct {
>     char e_1[612240];
>     } killcode_mup__ = { {' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '2', '2', 
> '6', '1', ' ', ' ', 

Does any code outside this block data file reference the variable
killcode_mup__ ?  If not, the linker will not know your program needs
it.

> When I converted the BLOCK DATA to a subroutine with only 
> the data lines (change block data by subroutine, and call 
> the subroutine at beginning of main), the linker founds it 
> in library and all is OK. 

It figures: when you call a function, the linker _must_ link it into
the program.

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