/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb FORTRAN, Error Messages, Compilation Errors, EQVSAVCOM  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  SEVERITY:  E

  MESSAGE TEXT:  EQUIVALENCE may not be used to put a SAVE variable
  into COMMON

  EXPLANATION:  An EQUIVALENCE group was found which included a
  COMMON variable and a variable named in a SAVE statement.  SAVE
  variables can not be placed in COMMON, although an entire COMMON
  block can be named in a SAVE statement.