BJ> And you are building on a Win32 system, correct?  I 
 BJ> don't remember what Scott said he last compiled the 
 BJ> code on.  

 ML> Probably a w2k box. The source docs says only the NT 
 ML> executables compilation on Windows 2000 is supported, 
 ML> with some implicit instructions for OS/2.

Ah....  Vage memory of a comment on that....  Something about Scott last
compile the multi-OS execuatables under OS/2.....

 ML> Dmake complains my version of WLIB can't support 
 ML> overlays but I'm using a full installation of Watcom 
 ML> 11c. So my guess is a failed / missing option or 
 ML> missing/incorrect environment variable set in the batch 
 ML> files I'm supposed to run (snt.bat, setwc.bat, 
 ML> setwc11.bat, varnt.bat var2nt.bat etc) .

 BJ> Very likely.....

 ML> It turns out that 16 bit DOS overlays were reinstated 
 ML> in the Open Watcom linker since v1.4. 

Glad I didn't try to get things running back on the earlier versions of
Open Watcom.  Sounds like we could try it with the current version of the
compiler....  Guess I need to de-install the version of Open Watcom I
previously installed and get the current version.

 ML> I tried manually sending the wlink command as sent by 
 ML> dmake to compile the failed object again, which still 
 ML> didn't work albeit the Watcom 11c linker was used.

 ML> I then substituted the Open Watcom linker and it worked 
 ML> (without modification of the make file or any batch 
 ML> variables).

 ML> So I concluded that the Watcom 11c linker doesn't do overlay.

Ok.


 BJ> Did you attempt multiple, repeated compiles using the 
 BJ> same set of compilation switches or the same master compile script?

 ML> Heaps of times. :)

Ok.

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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