From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: is it possible to use strip option in call to compiler Organization: Pin Eight Software http://pineight.8m.com/ Message-ID: References: <7pmdlskj9619o6man4864dfqk5q2abdn4t AT 4ax DOT com> <39587BB5 DOT 26099 DOT 25A341 AT localhost> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 21 X-Trace: /KiKeWxK0QM0jU5JDniYUhfz1PkIkYdxlBALE50/p8XKNnk+HJK709Wk/gzoM+fR/VHqfzRSiozT!A3clJ1IK7uWBLW+NUJKo+hH6lh8dnLoUmcyVU2hS5JUUnFCSXbGDh1gkJWrpLEqFeDViW1+p1T+B!T8I= X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 07:30:17 GMT Distribution: world Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 07:30:17 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 10:02:29 +1000, Leon AT caresystems DOT com DOT au wrote: >> I just skip the `strip' step and head straight >> into the UPX packer. It automatically strips >> debugging symbols from the executable, compresses >> the rest, and adds an unpacker stub to the >> beginning. > >what is the bit of adding an unpacker stub to >the begining?! It uncompresses the program as it loads into memory so it can be run just as any other program. -- Damian Yerrick "I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason." See the whole sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your signature to prevent the spread of signature viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/