Q87931: Preventing Microsoft LINK From Running CVPACK

Article: Q87931
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 08-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 
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SUMMARY
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By default, when the LINK command line includes the /CO[DEVIEW] option (to add
symbolic debugging information to the executable file), LINK runs the CVPACK
program to reduce the size of the data. To prevent LINK from running CVPACK,
specify the following option on the LINK command line:

  /CO[DEVIEW]:N[OCVPACK]

To debug an application with Microsoft CodeView versions 4.0 and later, CVPACK
must process the executable file. If CVPACK does not process the file, an
attempt to debug it with CodeView does not show any source code and one of the
following messages appears:

  CV0102: unpacked CodeView information in 'filename': use CVPACK
  CV0103: relink 'filename' with the current linker

Additional query words: kbinf 5.30 5.31.009 5.50 5.60

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Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword3 kbLINKSearch
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