Re: Problem with strip (binutils-2.11.2)

[Beat Mueller]

Hi Nick

> strings-new is the result of running ./strip on strings.  strings-sol is
> the result of running /usr/ccs/bin/string on strings.  All three of
> these executables work.  It is also interesting to note that the
> stripped executables appear to be significantly smaller than the ones
> you are obtaining:
>
> > <   Start of section headers:          462348 (bytes into file)
> > ---
> > >   Start of section headers:          443972 (bytes into file)
>
> vs:
>
>   strings-new:
>       Start of section headers:          412060 (bytes into file)
>   strings-sol:
>       Start of section headers:          412104 (bytes into file)

This is quite bizarre, even /usr/ccs/bin/strip behaves differently.

what /usr/ccs/bin/strip yields:
        SunOS 5.7 Generic Patch August 2000

>
> Maybe it is a difference in the configure options we are using.  I
> just ran "configure" from the top level of the binutils sources. ie I
> did not add any extra command line switches.  How did you configure
> your binaries ?

I simply used a './configure' and config.status looks like this:

#!/bin/sh
# This file was generated automatically by configure.  Do not edit.
# This directory was configured as follows:
./configure --host=sparc-sun-solaris2.7 --norecursion
# using "mh-frag"

Are there other functions check I could perform (e. g. gcc, kernel settings)?


Cheers,
Beat

PS: I won't read my e-mail tomorrow, so you will hear from me on friday.
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Beat Müller
Institut für Elektronik
ETH Zürich - Schweiz
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