Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/04/23/12:41:21
Robert Humphris wrote:
>
> Now I have used strip for a while now and before we use it here at work
> we would like to know what it
> does and how it does it! We need to know this type of thing before we
> can start releasing code that
> has been stripped.
>
> So does anyone have any information that is pertinent or have some
> pointers as to where to look for
> this information?
Strip, and its counterpart, the '-s' switch to gcc, remove all debugging
information from your program's object code. This primarily includes
symbol names, but also includes various other data that's used by
debuggers.
The only thing you lose by stripping a program is the ability to debug
it. For this reason, it's generally recommended that you not strip your
code unless you're building a release version.
There's one other thing about stripping that you should know: it does
not affect in any way the linking and operation of your program. A
crash traceback from a stripped executable can be used to debug a
non-stripped executable, as long as they are both from the same build.
The source code for 'strip.exe' is available in the DJGPP library
sources (v2/djlsr201.zip).
(You know, it just occurred to me that this conversation would probably
be blocked by anti-obscenity software for the promiscuous use of the
word "strip". ;)
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