On Apr 26, 2009, at 22:52, Albert Cahalan wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Rick Altherr <kc8...@kc8apf.net> > wrote: >> On Apr 26, 2009, at 1:06 AM, Albert Cahalan wrote: >>> If not debugging: >>> >>> -s (make executable file smaller) >> >> Strips all symbol and relocation information. Depending on the >> tools, this >> can make debugging or profiling much more challenging. > And thus "If not debugging". You can default to using this. > Developers chasing bugs would compile differently.
It will also make any crash reports useless as the users can't generate a meaningful backtrace. The space savings are so small this is really entering ricer territory. Besides, if you really need the space you can strip the binaries yourself, but you can't put the symbols back in again. Regards, Anders Montonen _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list Openocd-development@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
