Greetings! gcl, maxima, and acl2 save running images via an 'unexec' routine taken from emacs. I've noticed this routine produces working binaries everywhere, but on ppc and ia64 (at least), the binaries become corrupt after stripping. Does this ring a bell to anyone? Take care, -- Camm Maguire camm@enhanced.com ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah