Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile

[Michael Jennings <mej@eterm.org>]

On Thursday, 26 March 2009, at 15:08:10 (-0400),
Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> > But it is SOP to install stripped binaries....  I'm likely swimming
> > against the tide on this one...
> 
> It is also standard to use a packaging system. :)

I advocate leaving as much choice/power/flexibility in the hands of
the end-user (or packager) as possible.  You can't "unstrip" a binary
installed with -s, but if you leave off the -s, the user can always
strip it later if they choose to do so.  If there were a configure
option, that would be ideal.  (It's a lot easier to add --enable-strip
to a spec file or control file than to have to maintain a patch from
release to release.)

Being that strip is lossy, it should not be hard-coded IMHO.  (Or, to
quote the sage of old, "That's one doodle that can't be undid,
home-skillet.")

Michael

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