Re: 'ld -s' not stripping (2.12, mips-dec-ultrix4.4)

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Bert,

> Apparently 'ld -s' (version 2.12) does nothing under Ultrix 4.4.  On
> the other hand 'strip' works perfectly.  This was also the case in
> several earlier versions of the loader.  Anyone has an idea where to
> start looking?

Well it depends upon exactly what you are expecting 'ld -s' to strip.
For example the function lang_add_section() in ld/ldlang.c is supposed
to strip debugging sections, so if these are appearing in your output
then that would be a good place to start.

If it is not striping symbols, then find out which function the macro
bfd_link_add_symbols() goes to and examine that code.

Cheers
        Nick