Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > On Oct 28, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Well, --strip-unneeded doesn't, but --strip-all on libraries does >> because I think using that would basically destroy static >> libraries. The chance of a user using a wildcard with that is >> reasonably high. > > I feel like there must be a misunderstanding somewhere in our > communication… I agree that --strip-all is more dangerous as > discussed, which is why I suggested using --strip-unneeded instead. > You responded to that suggestion by saying it made you nervous… there > must be a disconnect somewhere. > >> Do we have a specific amount of space saved by that procedure? Is >> it significant? > > I don't know off-hand what the full savings at that point in the LFS > build would be; anyone care to do a test run? > > I'm also not sure what the LFS book should recommend doing there, > because as you said, space saving isn't really the highest priority > and there's more significant results in other areas. What is > important is that the book be accurate in what it says. As per > Jonathan's email, it seems it's inaccurate currently in two places.
I've already removed it in Chapter 6 and the wording in Chapter 5 is accurate. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
