Bug#356735: Compiling libc-udeb with -Os ?

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

Package: glibc
Severity: wishlist

I've tested what would be the size saving when building glibc with -Os:

$ du -h */*udeb
1020K   normal/libc6-udeb_2.3.6-3_amd64.udeb
12K     normal/libnss-dns-udeb_2.3.6-3_amd64.udeb
20K     normal/libnss-files-udeb_2.3.6-3_amd64.udeb
888K    tiny/libc6-udeb_2.3.6-3_amd64.udeb
12K     tiny/libnss-dns-udeb_2.3.6-3_amd64.udeb
16K     tiny/libnss-files-udeb_2.3.6-3_amd64.udeb

For the udeb I think it's significant.  I would suggest adding a build pass for
-Os (and possibly other tinification options), and use that to prepare the
udebs.

What do you think?  Would you like a patch for this?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)