Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 20:54:41 -0400
Message-Id: <199608010054.UAA13835@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj>
To: drupp AT cs DOT washington DOT edu
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <199607311520.IAA23803@june.cs.washington.edu>
	(drupp AT cs DOT washington DOT edu)
Subject: Re: gcc -g -o


> > The GNU theory is that switches shouldn't have unexpected side
> > affects.  -g should control debugging symbols and nothing else.  -s
> > should control stripping and nothing else.
> 
> Isn't stripping the debug information controlling the debugging symbols?

-g decides if you have minimal symbols, or full symbols.

-s decides if you keep any symbols, or strip them all.

-s does not discriminate between debug symbols and regular symbols.