Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/04/24/08:02:54
Date: | Wed, 24 Apr 1996 07:55:55 -0400
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From: | dj (DJ Delorie)
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Message-Id: | <199604241155.HAA20352@delorie.com>
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To: | naderr AT topaz DOT cqu DOT edu DOT au
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CC: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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In-reply-to: | <199604241011.UAA09258@linuxbox.nse.com.au> (message from root on Wed, 24 Apr 1996 20:11:00 +1000)
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Subject: | Re: strip { no! not you :) }
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> D:\SRC\85309\ASSGN\1\Q2>strip --strip-all lbb.exe
> d:/djgpp/bin/strip.exe: lbb.exe: File format not recognized
You can't strip an EXE file. You have to strip the COFF file, then
re-stubify it.
gcc ... -o lbb
strip lbb
coff2exe lbb
Or, strip it when you link:
gcc ... -s -o lbb.exe
> Not that it's a great concern though, I notice that
> the targets on msdos are huge compared to Linux
Linux uses shared libraries, whereas djgpp puts the library in the
executable.
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