Changeset 942e81de for chapter08/stripping.xml

Timestamp:

08/21/2022 12:27:28 PM (20 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

8996c54f

Parents:

9836479

Message:

stripping: also mention symbol table bisides debug symbols

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