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On May 6, 2003 10:20 pm, Peter Wang wrote:
> On 2003-05-04, Matthew Leverton <matthew@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Does UPX'ing a Windows debug DLL fall into this category? I'm not sure
> > if it strips anything off that would be useful for debug or not. I
> > generally UPX the binaries on Allegro.cc due since saves my slow modem a
> > meg or two of uploading between all the packages.
> >
> > Or, are you just talking about something happening in the makefile?
>
> I'm talking about the makefile. The Unix makefile (at least), runs ld
> (the linker) with the -s switch, which strips symbols out of the
> library. The user doesn't get a chance to preserve the symbols.
>
> If you want to UPX DLLs, that's your choice, but if you can't do proper
> debugging with the debug DLL, I don't think there's any point uploading
> it.
>
doesn't UPX also strip the symbols? I remember hearing that at one point. Not
sure if it is true though.
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