From:	aurel AT xylo DOT owl DOT de (Aurel Balmosan)
Subject:	Re: Bugs with gcc
25 Jan 1997 01:14:19 -0800 :
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> 
> 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 warnings, but my (maybe outdated) gcc/g++ man pages (on unix) list no -s.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.
> 
> 
> Bye, Heribert (dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de)
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The -s flag is passed to ld and is defined on the man-page for ld
on any UNIX system. So there must be a problem with ld when
stripping a executable. -s means stripping the executable.
It is done directly by ld (no call of strip) 

        Aurel Balmosan
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