Re: [Cegcc-devel] ported packages : new version

[Dave K. <dav...@go...>]

On 30/01/2010 17:52, Pedro Alves wrote:

> There's no reason to copy a dll with debug info to
> the device.  You can copy a stripped version, and keep
> the version with debug info in the host.
> 
> Of course, if you want to provide a prebuilt dll with
> debug info to users, you can also provide an
> already pre-stripped dll.

  Another option: supply a stripped DLL and a separate .DBG, which the DLL
refers to in a .GNU.debuglink section - see the objcopy options
'--only-keep-debug' and '--add-gnu-debuglink=PATH-TO-FILE'.  That way you only
have one DLL to worry about.

    cheers,
      DaveK