Re: [Nix-dev] sbcl image executables and patch-elf

2015-05-12 Thread Eike
Hi Tomas, thank you for the explanation. I'm not familiar at all with the C world as you just saw. Regards Eike Tomas Hlavaty writes: > Hi Eike, > >> I just found out that this is the strip utility from binutils and I'm >> wondering how it can do such a harm… > > strip does what it is suppose

Re: [Nix-dev] sbcl image executables and patch-elf

2015-05-12 Thread Tomas Hlavaty
Hi Eike, > I just found out that this is the strip utility from binutils and I'm > wondering how it can do such a harm… strip does what it is supposed to do. In the usual C world, executables can contain lots of other information, e.g. debugging symbols etc. strip removes this additional informa

Re: [Nix-dev] sbcl image executables and patch-elf

2015-05-11 Thread Eike
Hi Thomas, thanks for your reply; somehow I missed your response as yet. I just found out that this is the strip utility from binutils and I'm wondering how it can do such a harm… Thanks again Eike Tomas Hlavaty writes: > Hi Eike, > >> I'm making a program in common lisp using sbcl. I then cr

Re: [Nix-dev] sbcl image executables and patch-elf

2015-05-11 Thread Tomas Hlavaty
Hi Eike, > I'm making a program in common lisp using sbcl. I then create a > executable image which results in quite a big file since the whole > lisp is packaged up. When I use nix to build this app, the file that > ends up in nix-store is tiny and not working. It seems to me that the > patch-elf

[Nix-dev] sbcl image executables and patch-elf

2015-05-11 Thread Eike
Hi there, I'm making a program in common lisp using sbcl. I then create a executable image which results in quite a big file since the whole lisp is packaged up. When I use nix to build this app, the file that ends up in nix-store is tiny and not working. It seems to me that the patch-elf process