From:	noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer)
Subject:	Re: Experimental slangwin.tar.gz at deninc.com
15 Dec 1997 18:48:20 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<199712160106.RAA12754.cygnus.gnu-win32@cirdan.cygnus.com>
References:	<EL6z4A DOT 92u AT bbc DOT com>
To:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Christopher Faylor wrote:
[...]
> This is the case with every version of cc or gcc that I've ever seen.
> ld always puts symbols in the file unless you link with '-s'.  When you
> specify -g it only means that more debugging information may be placed
> in the final executable.  This extra information is usually things like
> line number info and possibly symbol entries for static variables.
[...]

Also keep in mind that there are other object files that may contain
debugging information (like crt0.o) which are linked in when you compile.

-- 
Geoffrey Noer
noer AT cygnus DOT com
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