Jeff Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 12:02:08AM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote: > > > > Hmm...I can't recall right now why we chose to not strip it. You > > > could always give it a go and see what happens. I'll dig through > > > some old notes and see if I can come up with an answer as to why > > > we did that. I seem to recall that it had to be unstripped when > > > our toolchain wasn't as mature, but I'm not sure. > > > Well, running programs and compiling stuff seems to work (at least I > > got a few gccs bootstrapped). I havend yet tried whether it confuses > > gdb or so... > > Is there any reason I shouldn't strip the alpha deb? If you're able > to boot and run, then I'm inclined to just do it. Lemme know, I'm > doing another upload tonight.
I'd say strip it. It works for me, and otherwise lots of people like me with small root partitions will get into trouble. -- Falk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]