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Martin Str|mberg <ams AT speedy DOT ludd DOT ltu DOT se> wrote at 24 Nov 2006 08:01:31
GMT:

# Robert Riebisch <Robert DOT Riebisch AT arcor DOT de> wrote:
# > Sorry, meanwhile I forgot how I made the original file. ;-)
#
# >           New values:
# >       original: 301,028 bytes
# >   'strip' only: 214,016 bytes
# >      '-s' only: 215,552 bytes
# > '-s' + 'strip': 213,502 bytes
#
# Interesting. I thought that 'strip' only and '-s' + 'strip' would give
# the same result. I have no idea why not.

If it helps any, I have one more interesting detail that I can throw
into this mixture: a largish (>2MB) executable built without '-s' that
has then had 'strip' run on it will often not compress with UPX, but
the very same build settings with '-s' added will compress just fine.