On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 10:30:16PM -0500, Douglas R. Reno via blfs-book wrote:
>
> On 8/16/19 9:55 PM, Ken Moffat via blfs-book wrote:
> > By default, the build now works for i686 but is _much_ larger on
> > x86_64. Having lost interest in i686 ages ago, I find the extra
> > space used in x86_64 (and potentially more pressure on memory when
> > using a machine with many cores but not much RAM) disturbing.
> >
> > But I don't see how we can suit both, unless we restore the comment,
> > but then add a conditional block later (for i686) with
> >
> > echo "ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols" >>mozconfig
> >
> > In my own builds I often use a mozconfig simiar to the book, but
> > then selectively add lines like that to alter the config.
>
> We could do that, but isn't our default configuration to have debug symbols
> disabled? I can reword that comment if it'll help. I meant to state that
> disabling debug symbols was required for compilation on i686 systems.
>
Umm, yeah, I misread the diff and my brain seems to have been out of
gear. I thought you'd commented it. It's been a long day. Sorry for
the noise. But yes, if anyone wants to build on i686 then we could
add a conditional
--enable-debug-symbols
Which *might* automate it (assuming --disable followed by --enable
uses the enable). But I'm surprised that enabling the debug symbols
helps, I'd gained the impression that the problem with 32-bit was
the size of the link.
.
> I personally have debug symbols enabled on 64-bit builds, but that's a
> deviation from the book. :-)
>
I can think of easier things to do than trying to debug why firefox
crashed ;-) Actually, on recent versions it seems to be a lot
better behaved.
Again, sorry for the noise, I'm going to bed.
ĸen
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