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Vincent wrote:
> 
> Great responses - thanks everyone!
> I think my best bet is to try to stub the app as per GDB documentation.
> 
> > 11MB -> 0.7MB?! Typo?
> 
> No typo...UPX (Ultimate Packer for eXecutables) is very good - in
> my case, since it's a debug build, symbols are stripped, and then
> the exe compressed. 
>
> Don't believe me? Try it out: http://upx.sourceforge.net/

I believe there is some unresolved problem with that failing to
restore the original executable exactly on unpacking.

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