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On 2003-05-04, Matthew Leverton <matthew@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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.
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