[Buildroot] sstrip vs. strip

[Buildroot] sstrip vs. strip

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn]

If sstrip is selected (instead of the default strip) it needs to be built
early, else things like this:

,----
| make[1]: Leaving directory `buildroot/build_i486/gmp-4.2.1'
| buildroot/build_i486/staging_dir/usr/bin/i486-linux-uclibc-sstrip
| --strip-unneeded buildroot/build_i486/staging_dir/usr/lib/libgmp.so*
| /bin/sh: buildroot/build_i486/staging_dir/usr/bin/i486-linux-uclibc-sstrip:
| No such file or directory
| make: *** [buildroot/build_i486/staging_dir/usr/lib/libgmp.so]
| Error 127
`----

may occur.

Moreover, sstrip does not have any options, so that options like
s-/--strip-all, --strip-unneeded, --remove-section and so on need to be
hidden behind $(STRIP).


Cheers,

-- 
Cristian

[Buildroot] sstrip vs. strip

[Ulf Samuelsson]

s?n 2007-08-19 klockan 23:58 +0200 skrev Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn:
> If sstrip is selected (instead of the default strip) it needs to be built
> early, else things like this:
> 
> ,----
> | make[1]: Leaving directory `buildroot/build_i486/gmp-4.2.1'
> | buildroot/build_i486/staging_dir/usr/bin/i486-linux-uclibc-sstrip
> | --strip-unneeded buildroot/build_i486/staging_dir/usr/lib/libgmp.so*
> | /bin/sh: buildroot/build_i486/staging_dir/usr/bin/i486-linux-uclibc-sstrip:
> | No such file or directory
> | make: *** [buildroot/build_i486/staging_dir/usr/lib/libgmp.so]
> | Error 127
> `----
> 

> may occur.
> 
> Moreover, sstrip does not have any options, so that options like
> s-/--strip-all, --strip-unneeded, --remove-section and so on need to be
> hidden behind $(STRIP).
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 


I generated a patch to fix this:

It makes sstrip-host a prerequisite of building binutils
and defines some symbolics for all the flags


I sed'ed package/*/*.mk to replace
--strip-unneeded with $(STRIP_STRIP_UNNEEDED) etc.
and defined STRIP_STRIP_UNNEEDED etc. as empty when sstrip is
to be used and "--strip-unneeded" etc. otherwise.

The patch was too large so I am resending it here zipped.

Pls try it out.

BR
Ulf Samuelsson


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