Description of problem: Some ocamlnet programs have been stripped. These programs were originally created with the 'ocamlc -custom' option which creates an ordinary ELF binary but appends the bytecode to it in a very ugly way. Unfortunately if these "binaries" are stripped then they lose the bytecode and are no longer able to run. They fail very characteristically with: No bytecode file specified. The programs affected are: /usr/bin/ocamlrpcgen /usr/bin/netplex-admin There is a Debian bug report about this: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=256900 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ocaml-ocamlnet 2.2.9-2 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install ocaml-ocamlnet 2.2.9-2 2. Run ocamlrpcgen Actual results: Prints "No bytecode file specified." Expected results: The program should run, show usage, etc. Additional info: I checked all the current ocaml binaries in Fedora and these are the only two which are affected in this way. Note that normal bytecode binaries don't have this problem, only if they were compiled with 'ocamlc -custom' and then stripped.
Fixed in Rawhide: * Mon Mar 3 2008 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones> - 2.2.9-4 - Do not strip binaries (bz 435559).