Bug#834775: gcc-6: Massive package size increase w.r.t gcc-5
On 19.08.2016 18:44, Celelibi wrote:
> It looks like the size increase is due to debug informations in the
> ELF file /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/6/lto1. (Same for cc1 in package
> cpp-6.)
>
> The debug informations do not seem to be mandatory for a proper use of
> gcc.
It is necessary for getting accurate backtrace for compiler bugs. Some thing as
was done for gcc-5.
> Could this be split into a gcc-6-dbg package in order to reduce
> gcc-6 to a saner size?
Yes, before the release, not now.
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