On 11/10/2016 12:16 PM, Florian Weimer wrote: > We currently call /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-static-archive from > %__os_install_post. This removes debugging symbols from static (.a) > libraries. > > Is this really a good idea? Due to this, glibc copies libc.a to > glibc-debuginfo, so that you can get a link with debugging symbols by > specifying “-static -L/usr/lib/debug/usr/lib64“ (potentially with unintended > side effects). I would like to get this to work by default. > > If developers does not want debugging symbols and static libraries have them, > they can link with -s, or strip the linked object. > > Thoughts?
Having run into difficulty with debugging programs linked to static libraries before, I would like to see this fixed. It seems like a reasonable plan, but I don't have any technical knowledge here. -- Orion Poplawski Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office FAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane or...@nwra.com Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.nwra.com _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
