From: jqb@netcom.com (Jim Balter) Subject: Re: Bugs with gcc 24 Jan 1997 01:31:00 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <32E8269D.7409.cygnus.gnu-win32@netcom.com> References: <009AED1A.22A348E0.8122@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) Original-To: dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de Original-CC: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de wrote: > > Hi, you wrote: > > : firstly, compiling/linking with the -s flag to g++ causes an executable > : to be produced, that will not run, - apparently a non NT executable. > > What do you expect -s to do, please? > The great thing about gcc/gdb/cygwin is that I can use exactly the same > commands and switches as on unix, and often also get the same errors and > warnings, but my (maybe outdated) gcc/g++ man pages (on unix) list no -s. > Closest thing is -S, but that isn't supposed to create an executable at all. Your gcc documentation should indicate that the -s flag gets passed on to ld, to which it means "strip the symbol table". -- - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".