-51- Why does stripping executables corrupt them in IRIX 6.x?

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Subject:   -51- Why does stripping executables corrupt them in IRIX 6.x?
Date: 26 Feb 1995 00:00:01 EST

  IRIX 6 (but not 4 or 5) has a bug such that if one strips more than
  one executable with a single 'strip' command, all but the first will
  be corrupted. Work around the bug by stripping only one file at a
  time.