Re: Strip 2.13 corrupts exe file

[Richard van den Berg <richard at trust-factory dot com>]

Nick Clifton wrote:
>   I think that I have now traced down the cause of this problem.
>   Strip is zeroing the $idata2 and $idata5 Data Dictionary entries
>   (Import Directory and Import Address Table).  It is doing this
>   because the code expects these entries to be reconstructed during a
>   call to bfd_coff_final_link().
>
>   Since, however a final link is not being performed, they are never
>   reconstructed and so you end with a broken binary.  Please try
>   applying the patch below to your sources and let me know if it fixes
>   the problem.

Yes! With the patch applied, the stipped exe file works as expected. 
Thanks a lot, this was driving us quite mad.

One more question: isn't it strange I am the only one stumbling upon 
this? Or are the internals of our executable very non-standard? (I am 
not too familiar with pei-i386 myself.)

Sincerely,

--
Richard van den Berg, CISSP

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