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Title Error: exceptions must be enabled to use feature (use -xs switch) with Watcom 10.6
Ref. No. QNX.000000011
Category(ies) Development
Issue The Watcom compiler returns the error:

"exceptions must be enabled to use feature (use -xs switch)"

We have tried:  cc -c -xs ... ,  cc -xs -c ...., cc -o -xs ...

But nothing changes. What are we doing wrong?



Solution To pass options to the compiler using cc you must use the -W option followed by which part of the compiling process you want to pass it to:

c - c compiler
C - c++ compiler
l - linker

Since your option is for c++, your cc line should look like this:

cc -c -WC,-xs blah.c

See Also: Watcom Compiler & Tools Manual