Re: [PATCH v2] meson.build: default to -gsplit-dwarf for debug info

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 10:53:06AM +0000, Alex Bennée wrote:
> This option is supported by both gcc (since 4.7) and clang (since
> 7.0). Not only does this make the linkers job easier by reducing the
> amount of ELF it needs to parse it also reduces the total build size
> quite considerably. In my case a default build went from 5.8G to 3.9G.
> 
> The --disable-split-debug option allows distros to keep all the info
> together for ease of packaging.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> 
> ---
> v1
>   - add --disable/enable-split-debug
>   - move to option_cflags
> v2
>   - removed unneeded []'s
>   - fix stray whitespace
> ---
>  meson.build                   | 5 ++++-
>  meson_options.txt             | 2 ++
>  scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh | 2 ++
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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