Author: manuel Date: 2005-05-28 04:54:49 -0600 (Sat, 28 May 2005) New Revision: 5482
Modified: branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-system/common/aboutdebug.xml Log: Indented aboutdebug.xml Modified: branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-system/common/aboutdebug.xml =================================================================== --- branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-system/common/aboutdebug.xml 2005-05-28 10:50:21 UTC (rev 5481) +++ branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-system/common/aboutdebug.xml 2005-05-28 10:54:49 UTC (rev 5482) @@ -1,50 +1,50 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd"; [ +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd"; [ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> + <sect1 id="ch-system-aboutdebug"> -<title>About Debugging Symbols</title> -<?dbhtml filename="aboutdebug.html"?> + <?dbhtml filename="aboutdebug.html"?> -<para>Most programs and libraries are, by default, compiled with -debugging symbols included (with <command>gcc</command>'s -<parameter>-g</parameter> option). This means that when debugging a -program or library that was compiled with debugging information -included, the debugger can provide not only memory addresses, but also -the names of the routines and variables.</para> + <title>About Debugging Symbols</title> -<para>However, the inclusion of these debugging symbols enlarges a -program or library significantly. The following is an example of the -amount of space these symbols occupy:</para> - -<itemizedlist> + <para>Most programs and libraries are, by default, compiled with debugging + symbols included (with <command>gcc</command>'s <option>-g</option> option). + This means that when debugging a program or library that was compiled with + debugging information included, the debugger can provide not only memory + addresses, but also the names of the routines and variables.</para> -<listitem><para>a bash binary -with debugging symbols: 1200 KB</para></listitem> + <para>However, the inclusion of these debugging symbols enlarges a + program or library significantly. The following is an example of the + amount of space these symbols occupy:</para> -<listitem><para>a bash binary -without debugging symbols: 480 KB</para></listitem> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>a bash binary with debugging symbols: 1200 KB</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>a bash binary without debugging symbols: 480 KB</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Glibc and GCC files (<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> + and <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>) with debugging + symbols: 87 MB</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Glibc and GCC files without debugging symbols: 16 MB</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> -<listitem><para>Glibc and GCC files (<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> -and <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>) -with debugging symbols: 87 MB</para></listitem> + <para>Sizes may vary depending on which compiler and C library were used, + but when comparing programs with and without debugging symbols, the + difference will usually be a factor between two and five.</para> -<listitem><para>Glibc and GCC files -without debugging symbols: 16 MB</para></listitem> + <para>Because most users will never use a debugger on their system software, + a lot of disk space can be regained by removing these symbols. The next + section shows how to strip all debugging symbols from the programs and + libraries. Additional information on system optimization can be found at + <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.</para> -</itemizedlist> - -<para>Sizes may vary depending on which compiler and C -library were used, but when comparing programs with and without debugging -symbols, the difference will usually be a factor between two and -five.</para> - -<para>Because most users will never use a debugger on their system -software, a lot of disk space can be regained by removing these -symbols. The next section shows how to strip all debugging symbols -from the programs and libraries. Additional information on system -optimization can be found at <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.</para> - </sect1> - -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
