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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject: Sparse file criteria malfunction - binutils produces sparse .exe & .dll files
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 13:26:50 +0100
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$ uname -svr
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.5.0(0.86/3/2) 2003-06-02 00:41

The new sparse file heuristic is being triggered by the way binutils writes
.exe and .dll files.

I'm unsure this could be worked around. Any ideas?


Max.


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