Changeset 7f17762

Timestamp:

08/21/2022 01:00:07 PM (20 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

889d6c4

Parents:

70957a40

Message:

building-notes: add more info about stripping

File:

• introduction/important/building-notes.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

introduction/important/building-notes.xml

@@ -500 +500 @@
 
     <para>
-      In LFS, stripping of debugging symbols was discussed a couple of
-      times.  When building BLFS packages, there are generally no special
-      instructions that discuss stripping again. Stripping can be done
-      while installing a package, or afterwards.
+      In LFS, stripping of debugging symbols and unneeded symbol table
+      entries was discussed a couple of times.  When building BLFS packages,
+      there are generally no special instructions that discuss stripping
+      again. Stripping can be done while installing a package, or
+      afterwards.
     </para>
 
@@ -515 +516 @@
       generalities can be listed here:
     </para>
+
+    <note>
+      <para>
+        The following methods using the feature of a building system
+        (autotools, meson, or cmake) will not strip static libraries if any
+        is installed.  Fortunately there are not too many static libraries
+        in BLFS, and a static library can always be stripped safely by
+        running <command>strip --strip-unneeded</command> on it manually.
+      </para>
+    </note>
 
     <itemizedlist>
@@ -531 +542 @@
           The packages using the meson build system can accept
           <parameter>-Dstrip=true</parameter> when running
-          <command>meson</command>.
+          <command>meson</command>.  If you've forgot to add this option
+          running the <command>meson</command>, you can also run
+          <command>meson install --strip</command> instead of
+          <command>ninja install</command>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -552 +566 @@
           <parameter>-g&lt;something&gt;</parameter> options
           in C/C++ calls. How to do that is very specific for each
-          package, so it will not be developed here. See also below
+          package.  And, it does not remove unneeded symbol table entries.
+          So it will not be explained in detail here. See also below
           the paragraphs about optimization.
         </para>
@@ -572 +587 @@
       condition for the kernel to use the old (deleted) file. The script
       below is just an example. Feel free to add stronger error detection,
-      other directories to scan, ... It should be run as the &root; user:
+      other directories to scan, etcetera. It should be run as the &root; user:
     </para>