[haiku-development] Re: Do optional packages need to include everything they do?
- From: Nick <tonestone57@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:40:20 -0600
> Judging by DiskUsage trimming down Perl and Python look like they'd be
> the main ones to go after in terms of file sizes, I haven't
> investigated stripping python down yet (other than the test folder).
> I did strip git down, it was over 60meg zipped, and stripped down the
> zip is under 7meg now.
> -scottmc
Hi Scott,
You can actually strip debug info without using strip. You should use
LDFLAGS="-s" on your configure line. This strips down both binaries
and libraries ( and object files ).
example.
./configure ........ LDFLAGS="-s"
The LDFLAGS are passed onto the linker. You can try this to see
what debug flags there are.
ld --help | grep debug -i
In some cases, configure will also have a way to turn off debug. Check
with:
./configure --help | grep debug -i
and pass the right switch to turn debug off ( should not be necessary
if you use LDFLAGS="-s" but does not hurt to add it ).
You should only build debug versions if you intend to fix the C or C++
code to work on Haiku and for testing or crashing issues. Debug info
should never be added to final releases as it adds lots to the size.
Regards, Nickos
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