From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor)
Subject: Re: Experimental slangwin.tar.gz at deninc.com
14 Dec 1997 11:05:58 -0800
Message-ID: <EL6z4A.92u.cygnus.gnu-win32@bbc.com>
References: <199712140516 DOT FAA106000 AT out4 DOT ibm DOT net>
Reply-To: cgf AT bbc DOT com
To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

In article <199712140516 DOT FAA106000 AT out4 DOT ibm DOT net>,  <vischne AT ibm DOT net> wrote:
>P. S.  Maybe this is already known, but compiling without
>the -g option still leaves executables that shrink when
>stipped.

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.

Without -g you'll probably only see global symbols in your executable.
Exactly what is left in the executable is visible by using the `nm' command.
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