Forwarding to dev@ Lev Serebryakov wrote on Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 18:21:44 +0400: > Hello, Users. > > Now Makefile.in contains: > > INSTALL = @INSTALL@ > ... > INSTALL_BIN = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=install $(INSTALL) > > And after configure it is expanded to: > > INSTALL = /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g wheel > ... > INSTALL_BIN = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=install $(INSTALL) > > It means, that all binaries are installed un-stripped. It is huge > amount of unneeded (unless --enable-debug is provided) information, > especially for static build. In case of dynamic build, all shared > libraries are unstripped too. > > `configure' script defines INSTLAL_PROGRAM with additional `-m 555 > -s' options, but it is not used. > > Why is it done in such way? Could it be changed? > > Yes, I've search mailing list this time without any relevant results.
I don't recall many discussions about stripped/unstripped binaries in the few years I'm following this list. If you don't hear any objections, I'd suggest the best way to further the matter would be to send a patch. > > -- > // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <l...@freebsd.org> > Cheers Daniel
