Bug#657707: [initramfs-tools] modules for initrd are not stripped

To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>, 657707@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#657707: [initramfs-tools] modules for initrd are not stripped
From: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:06:28 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 20190724110628.m7jzunsitjzuhjrl@function>
Reply-to: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>, 657707@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <a225c8338b5e81e234cfd5ab58c8547eebac9825.camel@decadent.org.uk>
References: <201201280834.31747.mirq-boogs@rere.qmqm.pl> <201201280834.31747.mirq-boogs@rere.qmqm.pl> <a225c8338b5e81e234cfd5ab58c8547eebac9825.camel@decadent.org.uk> <201201280834.31747.mirq-boogs@rere.qmqm.pl>

I'm also hitting disk contraints with almost-100M initrds.

Ben Hutchings, le mar. 05 févr. 2019 01:00:31 +0100, a ecrit:
> On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:34:31 +0100 =?utf-8?q?Micha=C5=82_Miros=C5=82aw?= <mirq-boogs@rere.qmqm.pl> wrote:
> > Please add an option (possibly defaulted to on) to strip kernel modules and 
> > binaries put in initrd. When using kernel with debugging enables the 
> > unstripped modules are available in /lib/modules. Unneeded copy of the symbols 
> > in initrd image take over 80% of its size.
> [...]

FTR, plain strip shouldn't be used as such,

strip --strip-unneeded

is needed instead, to avoid breaking loading the modules.

Samuel

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