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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 11:49 am    Post subject: flag to make emerge strip installed ebuilds Reply with quote

I don't know if we are doing this already, but I see many of the users already user -fomit-frame-pointer and that indicates to me that many don't need tp debug, so why not set a USE varible maybe to automatically strip the installed ebuild after ended compilation for it's debug flags:

The command would be:
strip --strip-debug filename

the LFS project stats this numbers:
A dynamic Bash binary with debugging symbols: 1.2 MB
A dynamic Bash binary without debugging symbols: 478 KB
/lib and /usr/lib (glibc and gcc files) with debugging symbols: 87 MB
/lib and /usr/lib (glibc and gcc files) without debugging symbols: 16 MB

That means a smaller install, and if I remember correctly a faster system, as the binary we have to load is smaller.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

that would definitely be hella cool..
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sign me up. File a feature request on bugs.gentoo.org!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Filed - I hope I did it right, I have an unnatural hatred of Bugzilla like applications. To many choices to make.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 5:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i hope this gets implemented ASAP, it is no joke that debug information can take up huge amounts of space. in my opinion, for a speedy and slim oriented distro this is a MUST :)

great idea!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

this just made me think..are the binaries on the install image stripped? i mean if we could get that CD even smaller, that means that we add a few more useful utilities (finally end the VI vs NANO war? ;)) without bloat

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

emacs without bloat.... how :)

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From the LFS book: (I won't post a link because you can emerge linuxfromscratch-html) :)

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About debugging symbols

Most programs and libraries by default are compiled with debugging symbols (gcc option -g).

A program compiled with debugging symbols means a user can run a program or library through a debugger and the debugger's output will be user friendly. These debugging symbols also enlarge the program or library significantly.

Before you start wondering whether these debugging symbols really make a big difference, here are some statistics. Use them to draw your own conclusion.
    A dynamic Bash binary with debugging symbols: 1.2MB
    A dynamic Bash binary without debugging symbols: 478KB
    /lib and /usr/lib (glibc and gcc files) with debugging symbols: 87MB
    /lib and /usr/lib (glibc and gcc files) without debugging symbols: 16MB
Sizes vary depending on which compiler was used and which C library version was used to link dynamic programs against, but results will be similar if you compare programs with and without debugging symbols.

To remove debugging symbols from a binary (must be an a.out or ELF binary) run strip --strip-debug filename. Wildcards can be used to strip debugging symbols from multiple files (use something like strip --strip-debug $LFS/usr/bin/*). Most people will probably never use a debugger on software, so by removing those symbols a lot of disk space can be regained.

For your convenience, chapter 9 includes one simple command to strip all debugging symbols from all programs and libraries on your system.


But, are the Gentoo packages actually compiled with the -g option?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I won't pretend to understand the original post. From the followups, it sounds like
making things take up less space. I'm all for that.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

fghellar wrote:
But, are the Gentoo packages actually compiled with the -g option?


I seriously doubt it.. and.. did you all build your systems with CFLAGS="-g ${otherstuff}" and CXXFLAGS="-g ${otherstuff}" in your /etc/make.conf? If not, don't worry about it.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kanuslupus wrote:
I won't pretend to understand the original post. From the followups, it sounds like
making things take up less space. I'm all for that.


Not all of us have english as our native language - would you be happier if I explained the idea to you in danish ? :P
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

slik wrote:
fghellar wrote:
But, are the Gentoo packages actually compiled with the -g option?


I seriously doubt it.. and.. did you all build your systems with CFLAGS="-g ${otherstuff}" and CXXFLAGS="-g ${otherstuff}" in your /etc/make.conf? If not, don't worry about it.

That's what I had in mind... But some packages do include their own compile flags, don't they? Does any of them include -g?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

fghellar wrote:
slik wrote:
fghellar wrote:
But, are the Gentoo packages actually compiled with the -g option?


I seriously doubt it.. and.. did you all build your systems with CFLAGS="-g ${otherstuff}" and CXXFLAGS="-g ${otherstuff}" in your /etc/make.conf? If not, don't worry about it.

That's what I had in mind... But some packages do include their own compile flags, don't they? Does any of them include -g?

Most packages that define their own flags do it for more optimization, not debugging. some configure scripts have --enable-debug, which when enabled will define macros and include debugging code that otherwise wouldn't get compiled in. and I think emerge strips everything it installs anyway, otherwise why would there be a need for /usr/portage/eclass/debug.eclass?

a debug USE var would be nice too, see my post here for my idea for a debugging environment.
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