From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lmv8L-0006Mc-Ty for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:20:57 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lmv8H-0006Lw-Cq for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:20:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40261 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lmv8H-0006Lh-1c for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:20:53 -0400 Received: from shadow.kainx.org ([216.26.139.12]:42657) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lmv8G-0001ic-D8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:20:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:20:50 -0700 From: Michael Jennings Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile Message-ID: <20090326192050.GD22328@kainx.org> References: <20090325194902.GA19843@kos.to> <49CA8C88.7040806@us.ibm.com> <49CBCE91.1030307@redhat.com> <20090326.130258.-1749707056.imp@bsdimp.com> <20090326190810.GH3795@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090326190810.GH3795@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.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 -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ Linux Server/Cluster Admin, LBL.gov Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Persistence trumps talent and looks every time." -- Aaron Brown