OS X standalone: can't strip it

[Alex Rice]

Any C programmers out there know why this command fails on OS X 
standalone engine?

# strip test.app/Contents/MacOS/Revolution
strip: the __LINKEDIT segment does not cover the end of the file (can't 
be processed) in: test.app/Contents/MacOS/Revolution

On most executables, the strip command will remove debug symbols, if 
there are any, thus reducing the filesize of the executable. Sometimes 
this can reduce filesize by as much as 50%.

man strip

        LIMITATIONS
        Not  every layout of a Mach-O file can be stripped by this
        program.  But all layouts produced by the  Apple  compiler
        system can be stripped.

I thought the Rev OS X engines were being built with Apple PB/gcc now 
but I don't know for a fact.


Alex Rice <alex at mindlube.com> | Mindlube Software | http://mindlube.com

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