Re: [WISH] install using cross strip command

[Mike Frysinger]

On Thursday 13 September 2007, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Hiroki Kaminaga <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I would like to have --strip option of install command adapt to cross
> > toolchain, for example:
> >
> > $ STRIP=mips-unknown-linux-strip install -s $app $dir
> >
> > current coreutils-6.8/src/install.c seems to hard code strip command:
> >
> >      565       execlp ("strip", "strip", name, NULL);
> >
> >
> > something like:
> >
> > char *strip_cmd;
> > strip_cmd = getenv("STRIP");
> > if (!strip_cmd)
> >   strip_cmd = "strip";
> >
> > and
> >
> >   execlp (strip_cmd, strip_cmd, name, NULL);
> >
> > would do?
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.
> However, it's best to avoid adding tool/envvar dependencies, if possible.
> In fact, there's an item suggesting this in the TODO file:
>
>     strip: add an option to specify the program used to strip binaries.
>       suggestion from Karl Berry
>
> Note that it says 'an option'.
>
> But since so much time has gone by with no further requests, I wonder
> if it's worthwhile.

i think that's more because distros have been yelling at anyone who actually 
uses the -s option when installing packages, so it isnt really utilized too 
often anymore ...

> I suppose that most people have access to a binary named "install"
> and can invoke install like this:
>
>     PATH=/path-to-mips-unknown-linux-binaries/bin:$PATH install -s
>
> Would that work for you?

unfortunately, in my experience, that would generally not be useful
-mike

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