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Error: could not find ll


I think the linker produced a bad executable.  Please advise.  I'm at a
loss as to how to track this down.


When I try to run a prog I compiled, I get a dialog box like this:

-- nano.exe - Unable To Locate DLL-------------------------------------
|                                                                     |
|The dynamic link library ll could not be found in the specified path |
| ...                                                                 |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------


the output of cygcheck (below) gives the message in the subject line.  I
find this strange, because if a dll isn't found the error message says
something like "could not find *.dll".  This message doesn't say
"ll.dll", but says "ll".

Seems to me that there was a bad pointer or bad null-termination while
linking the prog.

cygwin-1.0 with the stock gcc and binutils.  I'm willing to upgrade. 
(Actaully, I plan to upgrade, but was waiting for the next net release.)

This problem does not appear with B20.1, stock gcc/binutils.  I don't
think it appears with B20.1 gcc-2.95.2 from Mummit, either.

here's the output of "cygcheck -v nano.exe".  Notice the error message
about 1/3 way down.  I will provide more info if requested.

------------------------------
$ cygcheck -v nano.exe
Found: .\nano.exe
.\nano.exe - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
  C:\Cygwin-1.0\usr\X11R6\bin\libX11.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
    "libX11.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/8/26 18:05
    C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
      "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/9/13 23:44
      C:\WINNT\System32\advapi32.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
        "ADVAPI32.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/4/20 14:41
        C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
          "ntdll.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/2/25 19:15
        C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
          "KERNEL32.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/2/28 18:47
          C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\USER32.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
          "USER32.dll" v0.0 ts=1998/10/13 5:39
          C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll (already done)
          C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
          C:\WINNT\System32\GDI32.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
            "GDI32.dll" v0.0 ts=1998/9/23 2:27
            C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll (already done)
            C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
            C:\WINNT\System32\USER32.dll (recursive)
            C:\WINNT\System32\ADVAPI32.dll (recursive)
          C:\WINNT\System32\ADVAPI32.dll (recursive)
        C:\WINNT\System32\RPCRT4.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
          "RPCRT4.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/3/29 19:19
          C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll (already done)
          C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
          C:\WINNT\System32\ADVAPI32.dll (recursive)
      C:\WINNT\System32\kernel32.dll (already done)
    C:\WINNT\System32\kernel32.dll (already done)
  C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
  C:\WINNT\System32\gdi32.dll (already done)
  C:\WINNT\System32\glu32.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
    "GLU32.dll" v0.0 ts=1998/4/22 15:02
    C:\WINNT\System32\MSVCRT.dll - os=4.0 img=0.0 sys=4.0
      "MSVCRT.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/2/1 23:45
      C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
    C:\WINNT\System32\OPENGL32.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
      "OPENGL32.dll" v0.0 ts=1998/3/30 20:57
      C:\WINNT\System32\MSVCRT.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\ADVAPI32.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\GDI32.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\GLU32.dll (recursive)
      C:\WINNT\System32\DCIMAN32.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
        "DCIMAN32.dll" v0.0 ts=1998/8/18 17:19
        C:\WINNT\System32\GDI32.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\USER32.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\USER32.dll (already done)
    C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
    C:\WINNT\System32\USER32.dll (already done)
  C:\WINNT\System32\kernel32.dll (already done)
Error: could not find ll
  C:\WINNT\System32\user32.dll (already done)
  C:\WINNT\System32\wsock32.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
    "WSOCK32.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/4/13 17:56
    C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
    C:\WINNT\System32\WS2_32.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
      "WS2_32.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/2/23 18:04
      C:\WINNT\System32\MSVCRT.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\USER32.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\ADVAPI32.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\WS2HELP.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
        "WS2HELP.dll" v0.0 ts=1998/5/8 15:50
        C:\WINNT\System32\MSVCRT.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\ADVAPI32.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\USER32.dll (already done)
  C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\BLT24.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
    "BLT24.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/1/23 2:49
    C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygtcl80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
      "cygtcl80.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/9/13 22:31
      C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\kernel32.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\user32.dll (already done)
    C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygtk80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
      "cygtk80.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/9/13 22:36
      C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygtcl80.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\comdlg32.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
        "comdlg32.dll" v0.0 ts=1998/11/4 19:51
        C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\USER32.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\SHELL32.dll - os=4.0 img=4.0 sys=4.0
          "SHELL32.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/2/22 20:55
          C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll (already done)
          C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
          C:\WINNT\System32\GDI32.dll (already done)
          C:\WINNT\System32\USER32.dll (already done)
          C:\WINNT\System32\ADVAPI32.dll (already done)
          C:\WINNT\System32\COMCTL32.dll - os=5.0 img=5.0 sys=4.0
            "COMCTL32.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/10/25 14:53
            C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll (already done)
            C:\WINNT\System32\GDI32.dll (already done)
            C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
            C:\WINNT\System32\USER32.dll (already done)
            C:\WINNT\System32\ADVAPI32.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\GDI32.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\ADVAPI32.dll (already done)
        C:\WINNT\System32\COMCTL32.dll (already done)
      C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\gdi32.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\kernel32.dll (already done)
      C:\WINNT\System32\user32.dll (already done)
    C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
    C:\WINNT\System32\gdi32.dll (already done)
    C:\WINNT\System32\kernel32.dll (already done)
    C:\WINNT\System32\user32.dll (already done)
  C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygitcl30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
    "cygitcl30.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/9/13 22:46
    C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygtcl80.dll (already done)
    C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
  C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygitk30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
    "cygitk30.dll" v0.0 ts=1999/9/13 22:47
    C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygitcl30.dll (already done)
    C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygtcl80.dll (already done)
    C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygtk80.dll (already done)
    C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
  C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygtcl80.dll (already done)
  C:\Cygwin-1.0\bin\cygtk80.dll (already done)

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thanks,

-jeff

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