Strip 2.13 corrupts exe file

[Richard van den Berg]

I have this bizarre problem with strip version 2.13. It seems to corrupt 
an exe file we develop. I am a Linux user myself, but this dmt.exe is a 
Lotus Notes tool, so it needs to run under Windows. I have 3 versions of 
strip:

/usr/bin/strip on my Debian system (binutils-multiarch version 
2.13.90.0.18-1)
/usr/bin/strip.exe on a Win-NT cygwin system (binutils version 20030307-1)
c:\mingw\bin\strip.exe on a WinMe system (MinGW version 2.0.0-3 includes 
binutils-2.13-20020903-1)

The first 2 corrupt the exe in a way that it does not work anymore: the 
dos prompt is simply returned without any output. Only the MinGW version 
gets it right (the exe still works). Here is "strip -V" of the above (in 
the same order):

GNU strip 2.13.90.0.18 20030121 Debian GNU/Linux
GNU strip 2.13.90 20030308
GNU strip 2.13

Some details about the files:

$ ls -la *.exe
77824 Mar 10 14:45 dmt-org.exe
74240 Mar 10 15:24 dmt-stripped-with-cygwin.exe
74240 Mar 10 15:42 dmt-stripped-with-linux.exe
74240 Mar 10 14:53 dmt-stripped-with-mingw.exe

$ cmp -lb dmt-stripped-with-linux.exe dmt-stripped-with-cygwin.exe
   137 145 e     21 ^Q
   138 244 €    240  
   217 374 ü    250 š
   218  67 7     63 3


$ cmp -lb dmt-stripped-with-linux.exe dmt-stripped-with-mingw.exe
   137 145 e    354 ì
   138 244 €    230 M-^X
   217 374 ü    340 à 
   218  67 7    363 ó
   257   0 ^@   224 M-^T
   258   0 ^@   345 å
   261   0 ^@   120 P
   346   0 ^@   340 Ã 
   349   0 ^@   170 x
   350   0 ^@     1 ^A

It looks like strip NULLs a few more bytes than it should.

I'm willing to supply the exe files for testing, etc. Just let me know 
where to send them. Please Cc me in replies, as I am not on this list.

Sincerely,

-- 
Richard van den Berg, CISSP

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