On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 07:46:59PM -0400, Roland McGrath wrote: > > I know that RMS doesn't want binaries to be stripped, but currently this is > > common praxis in Debian and will reduce the load of my ppp link. But > > stripping can't be done without thinking. Is the following okay: > > I think all the issues for stripping are the same as on Linux or elsewhere.
Good to hear. Just one remark: > > 3) The dynamic linker will NOT be stripped at all. > > I always stripped the dynamic linker (--strip-all); I know of no reason not > to, just like any other shared library. Mmmh. I'll ask the Debian package maintainer of ld.so why it is not stripped, but there seems to be a reason for it. flora:~# file /lib/ld-2.0.7.so /lib/ld-2.0.7.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1, not stripped flora:~# file /lib/ld-linux.so.1.9.9 /lib/ld-linux.so.1.9.9: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1, not stripped Thank you for your fast response! Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
