GNU bug report logs - #2507
23.0.91; Stripping emacs.exe on MS-Windows produces an invalid program

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:05:07 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #43 received at 2507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 2507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.91;
	Stripping emacs.exe on MS-Windows produces an invalid program
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:03:20 +0300

> From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: 2507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:53:45 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
> > and the precise symptoms of the bug:
> >
> >   strip emacs.exe
> >   emacs -Q
> >
> > results in the OS popping an error dialog saying:
> >
> >   emacs.exe is not a valid Win32 application
> 
> Presumably Emacs doesn't strip itself, otherwise it wouldn't work at all
> on Windows, which it apparently does.  :-)

The default link command produces an unstripped binary, as on other
supported platforms.

> So it this still a problem?

Yes, of course.  No one did anything about this problem, AFAIK.
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