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From: Spider <spider@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] debug symbol
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 08:27:50
Message-Id: 20030407102746.5d2022e3.spider@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] debug symbol by Bruno Clermont
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2 On Sun, 6 Apr 2003 23:26:13 -0400
3 Bruno Clermont <bruno@×××××.ca> wrote:
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5 > I didn't find any mailing-list archive, so this question might been
6 > already debated.
7 >
8 > The 'debug' USE variable, if set to -debug, still let the libraries
9 > (and some binaries) un-stripped.
10 >
11 > Is it a good idea to add a variable to force a strip of debug symbols,
12 >
13 > and perform all install(1) with -s or strip manually before
14 > install/build the binary package?
15 >
16 > I have some systems where smaller is better, so ~15-20 Mb of debug
17 > symbols is an important gain.
18 >
19 >
20 FEATURES="nostrip" the FEATURE to strip is on-by-default unless
21 explicitly removed inside an ebuild.
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24 //Spider
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29 See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] debug symbol Bruno Clermont <bruno@×××××.ca>