Microsoft KB Archive/50705

= DOCERR: L4011, L1005 Errors When /PACKCODE Value Too Large =

Article ID: 50705

Article Last Modified on 10/23/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 4.x
 * Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.0x
 * Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.1x
 * Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.2x
 * Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.3x
 * Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.5
 * Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.6
 * Microsoft LINK for OS/2 5.0x
 * Microsoft LINK for OS/2 5.1
 * Microsoft LINK for OS/2 5.11
 * Microsoft LINK for OS/2 5.13
 * Microsoft LINK for OS/2 5.15

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This article was previously published under Q50705



SYMPTOMS
An attempt to link an application fails and Microsoft LINK generates one of the following messages:

L4011: PACKCODE value exceeding 65500 unreliable

L1005: packing limit exceeds 65536 bytes



CAUSE
The L4011 error occurs when the linker command line specifies the /PACKCODE:n option and the value of &quot;n&quot; is between 65,501 and 65,536. The L1005 error occurs when the value of &quot;n&quot; exceeds 65,536.



RESOLUTION
Modify the linker command line to specify a value for &quot;n&quot; between 0 and 65,500.



MORE INFORMATION
The Microsoft LINK code-packing option, /PACKC[ODE][:n], combines neighboring code segments into one segment that has a maximum size of &quot;n&quot; bytes. The /PACKC option produces reliable results only when &quot;n&quot; is between 0 and 65,500.

According to page 278 of the Microsoft C &quot;CodeView and Utilities&quot; manual for version 5.1, the default value for &quot;n&quot; is 65,530. This incorrect statement is repeated in the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) &quot;CodeView and Utilities&quot; manual for version 5.1 and in the Microsoft Pascal documentation.

Prior to LINK version 5.03, the abbreviation for the /PACKCODE option was /PAC. The abbreviation was changed in version 5.03 to differentiate /PACKC[ODE] from the new /PACKD[ATA] option.

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