Microsoft KB Archive/123492

= FIX: Link /SECTION Option Does Not Check for Name Errors =

Article ID: 123492

Article Last Modified on 10/23/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * The Linker (LINK.EXE), when used with:
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 6.1

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This article was previously published under Q123492



SYMPTOMS
The /SECTION option for the linker does not check:
 * The name specified to determine the existence of that section.
 * The case of the name even though the documentation for the /SECTION option states that the name is case sensitive.
 * The attributes following the section name for errors.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ version 4.0.

