MIPS, strip --only-keep-debug & an infinite loop

[Thiemo Seufer]

Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> 
> > >  Hmm, it looks like a problem with "strip" in the first place -- 
> > > ".MIPS.options" isn't meant to be touched by that tool.
> > 
> > Well, for --only-keep-debug it should remove .MIPS.options.
> 
>  The spec says the section is never to be stripped; it has that 
> SHF_MIPS_NOSTRIP flag set for this purpose.  Given the section is meant to 
> be used by run-time ELF loaders (both for static and dynamic binaries), 
> that's quite a reasonable expectation.  Are there other (IRIX?) 
> implementations that disagree with the spec in this respect?

No, for the ELF loader that's correct. I misunderstood the semantics
of --only-keep-debug. (Why isn't it just called --keep-debug?)


Thiemo