Re: Building Ada System DLLs

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On 03/06/17 16:47, David Gressett wrote:
>> I note that "make install-strip" does not strip these DLLs; should
>> it?  (Ditto, for libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll).
> 
> No, stripping an Ada DLL will cause it to lose its relocatability.

Why?  I don't understand.  Surely all Windows DLLs are inherently 
relocatable?  Stripping doesn't modify the relocation tables, so why 
would it have any such effect?

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Regards,
Keith.

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