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Re: Binary size of the libstdc++.so library
- To: Phil Edwards <pedwards at jaj dot com>
- Subject: Re: Binary size of the libstdc++.so library
- From: Rich Churcher <churchmouse at optusnet dot com dot au>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 12:27:48 +1100
- Cc: libstdc++ at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <200001180040.TAA22239@jaj.com>
On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Phil Edwards wrote:
>
> Just FYI, the native strip(1) under IRIX 6.5 (and earlier?) has the lovable
> habit of stripping out exception information. The resulting library can
> be linked against and the executable run, but while the throw's are still
> there, often the catch's won't be. Wonderful effect, that.
>
> (To be fair, you can use command-line options to avoid that problem. /IF/
> you know about them.)
Is this true of GNU strip also? Bit of a worry...
Cheers,
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Rich
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