Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 17:44:48 +0200
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject: Re: Funny Strip.exe behaviour
To: andrewc AT typhoon DOT rose DOT hp DOT com (Andrew Crabtree)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Organization: RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B
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In article <199707031354 DOT AA184878065 AT typhoon DOT rose DOT hp DOT com> you wrote:

> > How you stripped it?
> c:\djgpp\lib\> strip libgcc.a

*Bad* idea. You shouldn't ever do this to a library. If you really
think you need to strip the *debugging* symbols out of a library, do
it with 'strip --strip-debug --strip-locals' or something
similar. Otherwise, strip will also throw out the global symbols.

HBB