Subject: Re: remove default of STRIPFLAG=-s ?
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 02/12/2004 10:58:20
matthew green wrote:
> i disagree quite heavily. binaries with *just* symbols in them are
> actually quite useful if you are debugging. you don't have *real*
> debug info but you can see what functions are what and often that's
> all you need to find / fix a bug.
Okay, the traceback is very useful to track down the problem place.
Ain't our base programs bug-free tho, so we don't need it? ;)
If the toal size difference is really just 100K for whole base,
I guess it's no big deal.
Jaromir
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