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

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

tag 356735 + wontfix
thanks

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 01:40:01PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> 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?
> 

All the tests have shown that the resulting packages are mostly broken,
the level of brokeness, depending on the architecture and the version 
of the glibc.

I am therefore tagging this bug as wontfix.

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