From:	"Rafal 'Raf256' Maj" <admin AT raf256 DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Memory trash in exe ?
Date:	30 May 2002 19:31:23 GMT
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DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote in 
news:200205301841 DOT g4UIfFB21472 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com:

> This is a "feature" of DOS and Windows.  When you seek in a file, the
> holes are filled from an uninitialized buffer.  BFD does these types
> of seeks, so you see the junk in objects and executables.

can BFD take in cosider this bug in Dos/Win and fix it ? it doesnt sound 
difficult - just write zero's instead of seek


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Rafał 'Raf256' Maj
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