Re: Strip vs. DLL

Re: Strip vs. DLL

[Stephen Leake]

Paul Whittington wrote:
> 
> Having finally figured out how to build a DLL using GNAT 3.10p1
> I now have a new problem.
> 
> When I run strip on a DLL that works fine it seems to remove the
> exported routine names along with all the debug information.  No
> matter what strip switches I use this happens.
> 
> Is there a way to strip a DLL without also stripping the ability to
> use exported routines by name?

I don't have a direct answer, but if the purpose of using 'strip' is to
remove debugging information, you could always recompile without -g.
This is one reason to have a "release build" as well as a "debug build"
makefile.

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