Pierre Labastie wrote: > Le 21/04/2014 10:36, Pierre Labastie a écrit : >> Le 20/04/2014 18:08, Bruce Dubbs a écrit : >>> bdu...@linuxfromscratch.org wrote: >>> >>>> Missing OpenJDK-1.7.0.55-i686-bin.tar.xz >>>> Missing OpenJDK-1.7.0.55-x86_64-bin.tar.xz >>> >>> These tarballs are really large. Have the binaries in them been stripped? >>> >> I have not looked at stripping. I did not worry about sizes, since they were >> (almost) the same size as the preceding (1.7.0.51) ones. >> >> Will look at it. >> >> Pierre >> > Stripping the shared libraries with --strip-debug, the executables with > --strip-unneeded, removing src.zip and man, demo, sample directories, reduces > the size of the tarball by roughly a factor of three (slightly less). > > I'll test that I can rebuild OpenJDK/Icedtea with those reduced binaries > before uploading them. > > OTOH, if somebody does not want to build OpenJDK/Icedtea, and wants to use the > binary as is, it may be better to keep demo, man, and sample (adds 7MB or so). > I do not know if src.zip is useful: It adds 40-45MB. Anybody knows what it is > useful for?
I have not looked at src.zip, but I think the man, demo, and sample directories should remain for exactly the reason you say -- for instance, some may only want java for something like fop and may not want to build java. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
