On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:59:07 -0500 (CDT)
Sergey Babkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mentioned:

> If we get back to the question of why we need the file,
> we might not need it at all. As far as I understand,
> the problem is that the Watcom compiler works by
> sticking a set of messages into the executable files
> and then later reading them out of the file, and the
> point is to adapt the compiler to work on FreeBSD.

Furthermore, reading additional sections after file load isn't
very correct due to executable file itself could be unlinked
after exec.

So, putting it into DATA sections, as proposed by Sergey, is 
much more correct. 

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Stanislav Sedov         MBSD labs, Inc.         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Россия, Москва         http://mbsd.msk.ru

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