Re: [Devil-linux-develop] strip_debug function

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

That sounds very promising !

Heiko

> On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 03:10:43PM -0500, Bruce Smith wrote:
>> > #man strip
>> > -s
>> > --strip-all
>> >   Remove all symbols.
>> >
>> > That's the default option for strip.
>>
>> How about creating a new function called "strip_all" in addition to
>> "strip_debug", then change all the scripts to use "strip_all"?
>
> I've never seen any problems once a file has been stripped.
>
> Symbols are used for debugging and relocating purpouses, and any
> executable file could live without them.
>
>> If any have problems with any packages, then we can change individual
>> scripts back to use "strip_debug".
>>
>> Also check to make sure all the scripts are calling "strip_all".
>
> From: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/view/cvs/chapter09/theend.html
>
> Having said that, the --strip-debug option we use to strip is quite
> harmless under normal circumstances. It doesn't strip anything vital from
> the files. It also is quite safe to use --strip-all on regular programs
> (don't use that on libraries - they will be destroyed), but it's not as
> safe, and the space you gain is not all that much. But if you're tight on
> disk space every little bit helps, so decide for yourself. Please refer to
> the strip man page for other strip options you can use. The general idea
> is to not run strip on libraries (other than --strip-debug), just to be on
> the safe side.
>
> So, new proposed patch:
>
> strip_debug()
> {
>     echo "removing debug symbols from binaries"
>     find ./ -type f -iregex ".*\.[^a]" -exec strip -p --strip-all '{}' ';'
> 1> /dev/null 2>/dev/null
>     find ./ -type f -iregex ".*\.[a]" -exec strip -p --strip-debug '{}'
> ';' 1> /dev/null 2>/dev/null
> }
>
> Shared objetcs (.so) are always stripped (at least, on debian)
>
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