[Mingw-users] [mingw - StupidTechiQuestions] RE: .bss section problem

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By: ross_ridge

> EOF Extra Data From: 00001C00h (7168
> Length of EOF Extra Data: 00003447h (13383)
> bytes. 
> EOF Position: 00005047h (20551) 
> 
> These are traces of Debug Info.

This is actually the COFF symbol table.

> Warning! Section <.rdata> (2) extends beyond 
> the raw file offset of section <.bss> (3). 
> 
> This is not an error, this is another 
> negligence of the compiler. Since the section
> doesn't contain any initialized data, the
> compiler decided to set 'Pointer to Raw Data'
> to zero. 

The Microsoft Portable Executable and Common
Object File Format Specification requires
that the "Pointer to Raw Data" be set to zero
when a section is uninitialized.

I'd recomend not using PE Explorer.
The developers obviously haven't read the
PECOFF spec.

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