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From: ericblake AT comcast DOT net (Eric Blake)
To: Krzysztof Duleba <krzysan AT skrzynka DOT pl>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: .exe magic doesn't work with gprof
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:39:56 +0000
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> 
> But how does gprof know that foo doesn't exist? It has to open or stat it. 
> I thought that both open and stat calls support exe magic.

stat() and exec*() support exe magic, open() does not.  I don't know
exactly how gprof works, but it is probably doing an open() and failing,
and as such needs to be patched if exe magic is desirable.  (Same goes
to the binutils strip).

--
Eric Blake



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