From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LmwpB-0006qx-V6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:09:17 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lmwp9-0006ql-Ex for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:09:16 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40082 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lmwp9-0006qi-9t for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:09:15 -0400 Received: from naru.obs2.net ([84.20.150.76]:45996 helo=narury.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lmwp8-0003IS-Tf for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:09:15 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:09:09 +0200 From: Riku Voipio Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Remove -s flag in Makefile Message-ID: <20090326210909.GA19263@kos.to> References: <49CBCE91.1030307@redhat.com> <20090326.130258.-1749707056.imp@bsdimp.com> <20090326190810.GH3795@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20090326.133039.-1185935861.imp@bsdimp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090326.133039.-1185935861.imp@bsdimp.com> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "M. Warner Losh" Cc: markmc@redhat.com, avi@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 01:30:39PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20090326190810.GH3795@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> > lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) writes: > : On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 01:02:58PM -0600, M. Warner Losh 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. :) > It is also standard to strip before the packaging system gets > involved... Stnadard where? In automake world it's not. There is a install-strip target available on automake. Picking up a random non-automaked source (rsync), and behold, no strip in install stage. To check if this puts the non-linux people in deep misery, nope. The FreeBSD port copes fine by adding a single strip command in postinstall: target. Unconditional stripping is bad, mmkay? -- "rm -rf" only sounds scary if you don't have backups