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Re: Windows API calls that don't work? (Was RE: Stupid stupid question :/)


In answer to your last question, ld -s (strips) an executable incorrectly,
and from what I understand makes it unusable on NT, you keep getting not
owner errors, it also removes exactly the information strip.exe needs to
work, so that using strip.exe on a .exe produced with ld -s fails with
"truncated file".
strip.exe (strips) an executable correctly.

> PS. Any confirmations on that statement about NT from other readers?
>     Does stripping an executable make it work? Do you *have* to strip
>     on NT? Is there a difference between the -s link option and using
>     strip after linking?
> 

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