Bug#260068: initrd-tools: shoul mkinitrd use library reduction to reduce the size of the initrd ?

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

#include <hallo.h>
* Sven Luther [Sun, Jul 18 2004, 10:32:40AM]:
> Package: initrd-tools
> Version: 0.1.71
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> In order to make the size of the initrd, library reduction could be used
> to save space, as this is currently done for the debian-installer
> initrd. I am not 100 % familiar with the process though, and there may
> be some caeats i am not thinking about.

Well, you would need to install additional development packages:
libc-pic, python, binutils, gcc (see mklibs package). It is surely
feasible but I just tried and the gain does not really convince me:

reduced:
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        90152 2004-07-18 11:06 ld-linux.so.2
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       612520 2004-07-18 11:06 libc.so.6

vs. original:
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        90048 1970-01-01 01:00 ld-linux.so.2
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1244004 1970-01-01 01:00 libc.so.6

Regards,
Eduard.