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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile
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Michael Jennings |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile |
Date: |
Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:20:50 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) |
On Thursday, 26 March 2009, at 15:08:10 (-0400),
Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > But it is SOP to install stripped binaries.... I'm likely swimming
> > against the tide on this one...
>
> It is also standard to use a packaging system. :)
I advocate leaving as much choice/power/flexibility in the hands of
the end-user (or packager) as possible. You can't "unstrip" a binary
installed with -s, but if you leave off the -s, the user can always
strip it later if they choose to do so. If there were a configure
option, that would be ideal. (It's a lot easier to add --enable-strip
to a spec file or control file than to have to maintain a patch from
release to release.)
Being that strip is lossy, it should not be hard-coded IMHO. (Or, to
quote the sage of old, "That's one doodle that can't be undid,
home-skillet.")
Michael
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Linux Server/Cluster Admin, LBL.gov Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org)
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Glauber Costa, 2009/03/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Riku Voipio, 2009/03/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Anthony Liguori, 2009/03/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Lennart Sorensen, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Avi Kivity, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, M. Warner Losh, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Lennart Sorensen, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile,
Michael Jennings <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, M. Warner Losh, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Lennart Sorensen, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, M. Warner Losh, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Lennart Sorensen, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Riku Voipio, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, M. Warner Losh, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Riku Voipio, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, M. Warner Losh, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/03/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile, Robert Riebisch, 2009/03/26