Problem with strip (binutils-2.11.2)

[Beat Mueller]

Dear all

I wish to report a possible bug with "strip" (binutils 2.11.2). My system:

gcc 2.95.2
SunOS ife.ee.ethz.ch 5.7 Generic_106541-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60

Configuring and compiling work very fine, but when I want to use my
newly created "strip", I encounter the following:

BFD: stYAa4KM: warning: allocated section `.interp' not in segment

When I try to run the stripped program it crashes very fast:

Cannot find ELF
Killed

When I strip the same program with Sun's strip (/usr/ccs/bin/strip)
no errors occur. An example is "pilot" from pine 4.40.

name            length          stripped by
-------------------------------------------
pilot           1164988         ---
pilot.gnu       330724          GNU strip
pilot.sun       297004          Sun strip
-------------------------------------------

So /usr/ccs/bin/strip strips better and yields an usable
binary. Any ideas when the bugs are? If you need more information
form my side don't hesitatae to contact me.

Cheers & thanks
Beat

PS: The is the first time ever I report a GNU error. In other words I am
use GNU stuff a lot and I am extremly satisfied with them. I wish to thank
everybody who contributes to GNU projects.
--
Beat Müller
Institut für Elektronik
ETH Zürich - Schweiz
address@hidden