Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 21:59:21 -0400
Message-Id: <199607310159.VAA01780@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj>
To: drupp AT cs DOT washington DOT edu
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <199607301736.KAA15461@june.cs.washington.edu>
	(drupp AT cs DOT washington DOT edu)
Subject: Re: gcc -g -o


> gcc -o foo.exe
> Deletes the coff file, leaves a bloated .exe
> *Proposed new behavior: Deletes the coff file, strips the .exe

Use gcc -s -o foo.exe

> gcc -o foo
> Leaves a debuggable coff file, leaves a bloated .exe
> *Proposed new behavior: Leaves a debuggable coff file, strips the .exe

Very difficult to do, unless we teach stubify how to strip the symbol
table off as it converts.  Volunteers?  Even then, though, it reduces
the usability of exe2coff.