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Re: Results with glibc-2.2.92
- From: Jeff Chua <jchua at fedex dot com>
- To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Cc: GNU libc <libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:42:48 +0800 (SGT)
- Subject: Re: Results with glibc-2.2.92
On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
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> Jeff Chua wrote:
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> > So, why does the gcc/glib not default to "strip" during installation?
> > Most people don't bother with these files after install.
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> The extra size doesn't add a bit to the runtime costs. But the debug
> info is invaluable when you need it. If you then strip the binaries it
> is too late.
I ran into a problem trying to build a minimum filesystem using
initrd/ramdisk and realized that the bin and lib are too big to fit into
initrd ... there seems to be a limitation of <4MB for celeron and <8M for
pentium to boot, so stripping these files make it easier to fit the
necessary tools into the limited fs.
Thanks,
Jeff