From:	jqb AT netcom DOT com (Jim Balter)
Subject:	Re: Bugs with gcc
24 Jan 1997 01:31:00 -0800 :
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dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT 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 warnings, but my (maybe outdated) gcc/g++ man pages (on unix) list no -s.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".

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