Q45724: Link Error L1005: /PACKCODE: Packing Limit Exceeds 65,536

Article: Q45724
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 3.65
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 21-JUN-1989

The Microsoft Overlay Linker Version 3.65 presents the following error
message when the /PACKCODE: switch is used with a value greater than
65,536 (64K):

   Link Fatal Error L1005:

No error message text is supplied, and the error cannot be referenced
in the Microsoft C 5.10 "CodeView and Utilities, Microsoft Editor,
Mixed-Language Programming Guide." The error message should read as
follows:

   Link Fatal Error L1005: /PACKCODE: Packing Limit Exceeds 65,536

The error is reported correctly by the Microsoft QuickC Linker Version
4.06 and all 5.0x versions of the Microsoft Segmented-Executable
Linker. It is correctly documented in the Version 2.00 "Microsoft
QuickC Tool Kit," on Page 278, and on Page 373 of the Version 5.00
"Microsoft FORTRAN, Microsoft CodeView and Utilities User's Guide"
manual, as follows:

   The value supplied with the /PACKCODE option exceeds the limit of
   65,536 bytes.