* [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/ncurses: Enable stripping of progs
@ 2026-08-16 1:27 Charlie Jenkins
2026-08-16 4:20 ` Baruch Siach via buildroot
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Charlie Jenkins @ 2026-08-16 1:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot; +Cc: Charlie Jenkins
Commit 2ab611c40ff08bd4a7922456fed22af6953af3b1("ncurses: fix build
failure with ncurses 6.1") added --disable-stripping to the ncurses
build because ncurses started stripping by default but using the host
strip instead of the cross strip.
Enable stripping and change the strip program to $(TARGET_CROSS)strip.
This shrinks the binary sizes of the programs generated by
BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_TARGET_PROGS on aarch64 by:
clear: 18k -> 10k
infocmp: 76k -> 62k
tabs: 27k -> 18k
tic: 103k -> 87k
toe: 27k -> 18k
tput: 33k -> 22k
tset: 33k -> 22k
Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <thecharlesjenkins@gmail.com>
---
package/ncurses/ncurses.mk | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index 5e2077500a..e017bacf6e 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ NCURSES_CONF_OPTS = \
--enable-const \
--enable-overwrite \
--enable-pc-files \
- --disable-stripping \
+ --with-strip-program=$(TARGET_CROSS)strip \
--with-pkg-config-libdir="/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_TARGET_PROGS),,--without-progs) \
--without-manpages
---
base-commit: e389f1b44c54660c7bb5512207a561e684b41595
change-id: 20260815-ncurses_strip-615a30afa120
Best regards,
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- Charlie
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2026-08-16 1:27 [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/ncurses: Enable stripping of progs Charlie Jenkins
@ 2026-08-16 4:20 ` Baruch Siach via buildroot
2026-08-16 4:46 ` Charlie Jenkins
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Baruch Siach via buildroot @ 2026-08-16 4:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Charlie Jenkins; +Cc: buildroot
Hi Charlie,
On Sat, Aug 15 2026, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> Commit 2ab611c40ff08bd4a7922456fed22af6953af3b1("ncurses: fix build
> failure with ncurses 6.1") added --disable-stripping to the ncurses
> build because ncurses started stripping by default but using the host
> strip instead of the cross strip.
>
> Enable stripping and change the strip program to $(TARGET_CROSS)strip.
> This shrinks the binary sizes of the programs generated by
> BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_TARGET_PROGS on aarch64 by:
>
> clear: 18k -> 10k
> infocmp: 76k -> 62k
> tabs: 27k -> 18k
> tic: 103k -> 87k
> toe: 27k -> 18k
> tput: 33k -> 22k
> tset: 33k -> 22k
The 'target-finalize' target defined in top level Makefile should strip
all target binaries. Lookup STRIPCMD in top Makefile.
Doesn't that work for ncurses binaries?
baruch
>
> Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <thecharlesjenkins@gmail.com>
> ---
> package/ncurses/ncurses.mk | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
> index 5e2077500a..e017bacf6e 100644
> --- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
> +++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ NCURSES_CONF_OPTS = \
> --enable-const \
> --enable-overwrite \
> --enable-pc-files \
> - --disable-stripping \
> + --with-strip-program=$(TARGET_CROSS)strip \
> --with-pkg-config-libdir="/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
> $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_TARGET_PROGS),,--without-progs) \
> --without-manpages
>
> ---
> base-commit: e389f1b44c54660c7bb5512207a561e684b41595
> change-id: 20260815-ncurses_strip-615a30afa120
>
> Best regards,
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2026-08-16 4:20 ` Baruch Siach via buildroot
@ 2026-08-16 4:46 ` Charlie Jenkins
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Charlie Jenkins @ 2026-08-16 4:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Baruch Siach; +Cc: buildroot
On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 07:20:52AM +0300, Baruch Siach wrote:
> Hi Charlie,
>
> On Sat, Aug 15 2026, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> > Commit 2ab611c40ff08bd4a7922456fed22af6953af3b1("ncurses: fix build
> > failure with ncurses 6.1") added --disable-stripping to the ncurses
> > build because ncurses started stripping by default but using the host
> > strip instead of the cross strip.
> >
> > Enable stripping and change the strip program to $(TARGET_CROSS)strip.
> > This shrinks the binary sizes of the programs generated by
> > BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_TARGET_PROGS on aarch64 by:
> >
> > clear: 18k -> 10k
> > infocmp: 76k -> 62k
> > tabs: 27k -> 18k
> > tic: 103k -> 87k
> > toe: 27k -> 18k
> > tput: 33k -> 22k
> > tset: 33k -> 22k
>
> The 'target-finalize' target defined in top level Makefile should strip
> all target binaries. Lookup STRIPCMD in top Makefile.
>
> Doesn't that work for ncurses binaries?
That's a silly oversight on my part, thank you! I was looking at this
Makefile and the outputs but didn't look at the final outputs generated
by this step, oops.
- Charlie
>
> baruch
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <thecharlesjenkins@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > package/ncurses/ncurses.mk | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
> > index 5e2077500a..e017bacf6e 100644
> > --- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
> > +++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
> > @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ NCURSES_CONF_OPTS = \
> > --enable-const \
> > --enable-overwrite \
> > --enable-pc-files \
> > - --disable-stripping \
> > + --with-strip-program=$(TARGET_CROSS)strip \
> > --with-pkg-config-libdir="/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
> > $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_TARGET_PROGS),,--without-progs) \
> > --without-manpages
> >
> > ---
> > base-commit: e389f1b44c54660c7bb5512207a561e684b41595
> > change-id: 20260815-ncurses_strip-615a30afa120
> >
> > Best regards,
>
> --
> ~. .~ Tk Open Systems
> =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{=
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