Maybe by adding : --strip-debug (for the linker) with the g option --strip-debug -> Omit debugger symbol information (but not all symbols) from the output file. Thank you, it looks like this works. I was able to accomplish what I wanted with the following line: $ fbc -g -Wl --strip-debug foobar.bas...

It looks like fbc calls ld with the " --strip-all " option by default. Is there a way to link without stripping all symbols? $ fbc foobar.bas $ file foobar foobar: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linu...