Changeset a613960 for chapter08/aboutdebug.xml

Timestamp:

12/20/2022 03:26:41 PM (17 months ago)

Author:

David Bryant <david@…>

Branches:

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/update-glibc

Children:

0785a5e

Parents:

d15c80e

Message:

Removed redundant verbiage. Rewrote a very clumsy sentence.

To speak of a difference (implying subtraction) and a factor
(multiplication) as equivalent is confusing at best.

File:

• chapter08/aboutdebug.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

chapter08/aboutdebug.xml

@@ -18 +18 @@
   the names of the routines and variables.</para>
 
-  <para>However, the inclusion of these debugging symbols enlarges a
-  program or library significantly. The following is an example of the
+  <para>The inclusion of these debugging symbols enlarges a
+  program or library significantly. Here are two examples of the
   amount of space these symbols occupy:</para>
 
@@ -29 +29 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>A <command>bash</command> binary without debugging symbols:
-      480 KB</para>
+      480 KB (60% smaller)</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
@@ -37 +37 @@
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Glibc and GCC files without debugging symbols: 16 MB</para>
+      <para>Glibc and GCC files without debugging symbols: 16 MB (82% smaller)</para>
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
-  <para>Sizes may vary depending on which compiler and C library were used,
-  but when comparing programs with and without debugging symbols, the
-  difference will usually be a factor between two and five.</para>
-
-  <para>Because most users will never use a debugger on their system software,
+  <para>Sizes will vary depending on which compiler and C library were used,
+  but a program that has been stripped of debugging symbols is usually some
+  50% to 80% smaller than its unstripped counterpart.
+  Because most users will never use a debugger on their system software,
   a lot of disk space can be regained by removing these symbols. The next
   section shows how to strip all debugging symbols from the programs and