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From: john@assen.demon.co.uk (John McCabe)
Subject: Re: GNAT Codesize
Date: 1996/06/29
Date: 1996-06-29T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <836045240.382.1@assen.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4r1hb5$e6m@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU

fjh@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) wrote:

>>Good point, however there would be the advantage that when you wanted
>>to ditch it, you just have to delete the symbol file without touching
>>the executable.

>Why would that be an advantage?  What's wrong with just using the
>`strip' command?

Because you're modifying the file that contains the executable code
and you're risking the possibility of a bug in the 'strip' command
that may remove something it shouldn't. This may be something that
happens to be not fully tested on a large system.

It's probably highly unlikely I know, but stranger things have
happened.

Best Regards
John McCabe <john@assen.demon.co.uk>





  reply	other threads:[~1996-06-29  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-06-20  0:00 GNAT Codesize Haug Buerger
1996-06-20  0:00 ` James E. Hopper
1996-06-21  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-24  0:00   ` John McCabe
1996-06-24  0:00     ` John Howard
1996-06-25  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-25  0:00       ` David J. Fiander
1996-06-26  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-28  0:00       ` John McCabe
1996-06-28  0:00         ` Fergus Henderson
1996-06-29  0:00           ` John McCabe [this message]
1996-07-01  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-05  0:00               ` John McCabe
1996-07-05  0:00             ` JP Thornley
1996-06-30  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-02  0:00           ` John McCabe
1996-07-03  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-28  0:00       ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-01  0:00         ` Michael Feldman
1996-07-03  0:00           ` John McCabe
1996-07-02  0:00         ` John McCabe
1996-07-03  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-06  0:00             ` John McCabe
1996-07-06  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-06  0:00               ` Michael Feldman
1996-07-08  0:00             ` Gavin Smyth
1996-07-03  0:00   ` Question about the need for requeue as described in Rationale James A. Squire
1996-07-05  0:00     ` Bo I. Sanden
1996-07-05  0:00       ` progers
1996-07-06  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-04  0:00   ` Samuel Tardieu
1996-07-04  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08  0:00   ` James A. Squire
1996-07-09  0:00     ` progers
1996-07-10  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10  0:00       ` progers
1996-07-08  0:00   ` James A. Squire
1996-07-08  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-09  0:00     ` Bo I. Sanden
1996-07-08  0:00   ` James A. Squire
1996-07-09  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-21  0:00 ` GNAT Codesize Ralph Paul
1996-06-21  0:00 ` Doug Smith
1996-07-08  0:00 ` Question about the need for requeue as described in Rationale James A. Squire
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