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Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 13:55:56 +0100 (MET)
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Why do there appear to be two stubs in some files?
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On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Andrew Cottrell wrote:

> In checking that I have updated the files correctly using the patched 2.03 I
> spotted that some of the exe files appear to have two stubs in them. Some of
> the files that I checked that looked like they had two stubs in them are:-
>     as.exe
>     ar.exe
>     objdump.exe
>     objcopy.exe

I guess if you look a bit harder, you'll find "ld" also has a second stub.
In general, every binutils program that can write object files will have a
second copy of the stub for prepending it to files in stubbed format.
The other is the one for executing the utility itself, of course.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.