Why does the compiler version appear in my ELF executable?

Question

I\'ve recently compiled a simple hello world C program under Debian Linux using gcc:

gcc -mtune=native -march=native -m32 -s -Wunused -O2 -o hello hello.c
         


        

Answer 1

It appears that you'd be able to 'just' strip that if you don't want it; See this page for a nice run-down.

http://timelessname.com/elfbin/

Note that the page (of course) also resorts to using assembly, which you may not want to do, but the general gist applies