Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2020-06-01 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:55:02 +0800 Paul Wise wrote: > On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 23:03:59 +0100 Jakub Wilk wrote: > > > Can we make stripping static libraries a Policy “should”? > > I note that Fedora is going the opposite way. They are currently > stripping static libraries and are moving towards not st

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2016-11-20 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 23:03:59 +0100 Jakub Wilk wrote: > Can we make stripping static libraries a Policy “should”? I note that Fedora is going the opposite way. They are currently stripping static libraries and are moving towards not stripping: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/StaticLibraryDe

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2015-08-12 Thread Niels Thykier
On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:13:15 +0100 Niels Thykier wrote: > On 2014-02-28 19:05, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: > > I could do some work if you point me thé branch > > > > Bastien > > [...] > > It is the branch from [1]; needs to be rebased on top of a recent > version of Lintian. > > ~Niels > > [1]

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2014-02-28 Thread Niels Thykier
On 2014-02-28 19:05, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: > I could do some work if you point me thé branch > > Bastien > [...] It is the branch from [1]; needs to be rebased on top of a recent version of Lintian. ~Niels [1] http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/nthykier/lintian.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/h

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2014-02-28 Thread Bastien ROUCARIES
I could do some work if you point me thé branch Bastien Le 28 févr. 2014 18:57, "Niels Thykier" a écrit : > On 2014-02-28 16:51, Bill Allombert wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:13:30AM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have created a Lintian branch for detecting insufficient

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2014-02-28 Thread Niels Thykier
On 2014-02-28 16:51, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:13:30AM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have created a Lintian branch for detecting insufficient stripping of >> static libs[1]. On a related note, dh_strip seems to do "the right >> thing(tm)" so any package using

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2014-02-28 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:13:30AM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: > Hi, > > I have created a Lintian branch for detecting insufficient stripping of > static libs[1]. On a related note, dh_strip seems to do "the right > thing(tm)" so any package using debhelper (correctly) should already > strip stat

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2012-07-11 Thread Niels Thykier
Hi, I have created a Lintian branch for detecting insufficient stripping of static libs[1]. On a related note, dh_strip seems to do "the right thing(tm)" so any package using debhelper (correctly) should already strip static libs. Though I did not check if it can do detacted symbols... ~Niels

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2012-03-18 Thread Niels Thykier
Russ Allbery writes: > One drawback here, then, is that we don't know how many packages > would be affected. Is there a way that Lintian could introduce a > check so that we know how many packages we would make buggy by adding > a should? Hi, Both objdump and readelf handles ".a" files by givin

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2012-03-17 Thread Russ Allbery
Jakub Wilk writes: > * Russ Allbery , 2012-03-17, 16:52: >> Does Lintian already check for unstripped static libraries? > No, it doesn't. One drawback here, then, is that we don't know how many packages would be affected. Is there a way that Lintian could introduce a check so that we know how

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2012-03-17 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Russ Allbery , 2012-03-17, 16:52: Does Lintian already check for unstripped static libraries? No, it doesn't. -- Jakub Wilk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://list

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2012-03-17 Thread Russ Allbery
Jakub Wilk writes: > As far as I can tell, the Policy currently doesn't require stripping > static libraries[0]. The de facto standard is to strip them with > --strip-debug, because this what dh_strip does[1]. > Can we make stripping static libraries a Policy “should”? > [0] The only reference

Bug#662998: debian-policy: stripping static libraries

2012-03-07 Thread Jakub Wilk
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist As far as I can tell, the Policy currently doesn't require stripping static libraries[0]. The de facto standard is to strip them with --strip-debug, because this what dh_strip does[1]. Can we make stripping static libraries a Policy “should”? [0] Th