Re: Problem with strip (binutils-2.11.2)

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Beat,

> I downloaded binutils-011009.tar.bz2 and compiled it with gcc 3.0.1.
> The results when stripping 'strings' from the same package are still
> the same:
 
> <   PHDR           0x000034 0x00010034 0x00000000 0x000a0 0x000a0 R E 0x4
> <   INTERP         0x000000 0x000100d4 0x000100d4 0x00011 0x00011 R   0x1
> <       [Requesting program interpreter: ELF`a`]
> <   LOAD           0x000000 0x00010000 0x00010014 0x6b357 0x6b357 R E 0x10000
> <   LOAD           0x06b358 0x0008b358 0x0008b358 0x0059c 0x009a0 RWE 0x10000
> <   DYNAMIC        0x06b70c 0x0008b70c 0x0008b70c 0x000b0 0x000b0 RWE 0x4
> ---
> >   PHDR           0x000034 0x00010034 0x00000000 0x000a0 0x000a0 R E 0
> >   INTERP         0x0000d4 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00011 0x00000 R   0
> >       [Requesting program interpreter: /usr/lib/ld.so.1]
> >   LOAD           0x000000 0x00010000 0x00000000 0x6b357 0x6b357 R E 0x10000
> >   LOAD           0x06b358 0x0008b358 0x00000000 0x0059c 0x009a0 RWE 0x10000
> >   DYNAMIC        0x06b70c 0x0008b70c 0x00000000 0x000b0 0x00000 RWE 0

Oh dear - when I try to reproduce this problem, everything appears to
execute correctly. :-(  For example:

   1239754 Oct  9 08:39 strings*
    413060 Oct  9 08:40 strings-new*
    413104 Oct  9 08:41 strings-sol*

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)

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 ?

Cheers
        Nick