Changeset 192dda3 for chapter08/stripping.xml

Timestamp:

08/23/2022 07:34:26 PM (20 months ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib

Children:

f8a51225

Parents:

c84195d (diff), 20007e5 (diff)
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Message:

Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

File:

• chapter08/stripping.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter08/stripping.xml

@@ -14 +14 @@
   programmer and does not plan to do
   any debugging on the system software, the system size can be decreased
-  by about 2 GB by removing the debugging symbols from binaries and
-  libraries. This causes no inconvenience other than not being able to
-  debug the software fully anymore.</para>
+  by about 2 GB by removing the debugging symbols and unneeded symbol table
+  entries from binaries and libraries. This causes no inconvenience other
+  than not being able to debug the software fully anymore.</para>
 
   <para>Most people who use the commands mentioned below do not
@@ -23 +23 @@
   <command>strip</command> commands, it is a good idea to make a
   backup of the LFS system in its current state.</para>
+
+  <para>A <command>strip</command> command with
+  <parameter>--strip-unneeded</parameter> option removes all debug symbols
+  from a binary or library.  And, it removes all symbol table entries not
+  needed by the linker (for static libraries) or dynamic linker (for
+  dynamic-linked binaries and shared libraries).</para>
 
   <para>The debugging symbols for selected libraries are placed