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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu!incubus
  3. From: incubus@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Alexander Swietlicki)
  4. Subject: Re: Stripping apps (was Re: Missile Command and Other Submissions)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug25.201429.9675@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
  6. Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
  7. References: <1992Aug23.174631.1240@proforma.com> <1992Aug25.030555.6954@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> <17ck9hINNhtc@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
  8. Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:14:29 GMT
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  11. In article <17ck9hINNhtc@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell) writes:
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  13. >
  14. >I don't fully understand all the "strip" options, but running "strip" with no
  15. >options will break apps that dynamically load modules (like BackSpace, for
  16. >example), so don't strip all executables blindly.
  17.  
  18.     You're right.  I only use the included modules, so didn't notice
  19. anything not being loaded in Backspace.
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