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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!wupost!csus.edu!borland.com!davison
  3. From: davison@borland.com (Wayne Davison)
  4. Subject: Re: Problem with strip?!?!?
  5. Message-ID: <BuF7wL.JHn@borland.com>
  6. Organization: Borland International
  7. References: <16902@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
  8. Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:48:20 GMT
  9. Lines: 11
  10.  
  11. mayfield@saffron.cs.ucdavis.edu (Doug Mayfield) wrote:
  12. > What is the problem with the `strip` utility that some people keep
  13. > talking about???  I have had some problems with it also and was
  14. > wondering if they were the same.
  15.  
  16. The problem is most likely a bug in the truncate fs code that Linus
  17. recently found and fixed.  If you're having trouble with strip on a
  18. minix fs, you should not have a problem any more using 97pl4.  If you're
  19. using the (alpha) extfs, it should be fixed in 97pl5.
  20.  
  21. ..Wayne..
  22.