FS#25048 - [dnsutils] binaries are uselessy enormous

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Kristoffer Tidemann (ktide) - Thursday, 07 July 2011, 00:02 GMT
Last edited by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Thursday, 07 July 2011, 02:22 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Kevin Piche (kpiche)
Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

I suggest doing this in the PKGBUILD:

export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS/-O2} -Os -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections"
export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,--gc-sections"

This will cut the size of each binary by _at least_ 50%.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Thursday, 07 July 2011, 02:22 GMT
Reason for closing:  Deferred
Additional comments about closing:  Reporter should learn to keep his cool.
Comment by Kristoffer Tidemann (ktide) - Thursday, 07 July 2011, 00:08 GMT
Whoops, this is in [core]
Comment by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Thursday, 07 July 2011, 01:23 GMT
I find it a bit messy to cherry-pick compilation flags per package: the default values of /etc/makepkg.conf make sense, and people who value size over speed can always change them and use the ABS.
Comment by Kristoffer Tidemann (ktide) - Thursday, 07 July 2011, 01:35 GMT
You missed the useful part. It's not about -O2 vs -Os but about removing all the unused crap that's left in these binaries.
Comment by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Thursday, 07 July 2011, 02:01 GMT
My point is to have a somewhat uniform building process across packages: although here putting data/functions in separate sections and garbage-collecting them saves space, it wouldn't in other scenarios, so I don't consider adding those flags a very clean solution.
Comment by Kristoffer Tidemann (ktide) - Thursday, 07 July 2011, 02:13 GMT
How about I start filing bugs against everything that isn't "very clean" or violates your dream of an "uniform building process"? This is a non-instrusive fix to a problem while not major is clearly worth fixing, so fix it.

Loading...