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Re: RFC: strip --strip-nondebug
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at airs dot com>
- To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 05 Jun 2003 09:06:04 -0700
- Subject: Re: RFC: strip --strip-nondebug
- References: <m34r34a590.fsf@redhat.com>
Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:
> I am seeking comments and criticisms on the attached patch. It adds
> a new switch to strip:
>
> --strip-nondebug
>
> This can be used to create an output file which only contains the
> debug information from an executable. This would allow stripped
> binaries to be shipped with separate debug info files, and provided
> that the debugger supported it, they could still be debugged.
I recommend a different option name. The other --strip* options
affect only the symbol table and the debugging information. This new
option also affects the sections. Maybe something like
strip --nondebug
or
strip --keep-debug
and don't forget
objcopy --keep-debug
Ian