Bug 76780

Summary: "strip" utility will destroy UPX compresses executables
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Joshua Jackson <jjackson>
Component: binutilsAssignee: Jakub Jelinek <jakub>
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Description Joshua Jackson 2002-10-26 11:55:57 UTC
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Description of problem:
If "strip" is run on a UPX compressed executable, the result is a 92 byte
(useless) file.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.strip <executable_name>


Actual Results:  You get a 92 byte file as output

Expected Results:  Should not strip anything from the file... previous builds
performed as expected.

Additional info:

The following warning is issued:

strip: Warning: Output file cannot represent architecture UNKNOWN!

Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2002-12-04 17:02:30 UTC
Please provide a testcase.

Comment 2 Miloslav Trmac 2004-02-05 07:46:59 UTC
Bug 81644 contains a testcase.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 81644 ***

Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:50:02 UTC
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.