Re: Lintian errors and warnings
Bob Hilliard wrote:
> The only guidance I can find in policy 3.5.2.0 on the subject of
> stripping binaries is in section 11.1. Binaries:
>
> Note that by default all installed binaries should be stripped, either
> by using the `-s' flag to `install', or by calling `strip' on the
> binaries after they have been copied into `debian/tmp' but before the
> tree is made into a package.
>
> I have always followed this provision, using the `-s' flag to
> `install' in my rules files. The binaries lintian objected to were
> stripped.
It's a warning because it's not a policy violation or anything, just something
you can do a bit better.
joey@silk:~>echo 'W: dict: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/bin/dict .note' | lintian-info
W: dict: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/bin/dict .note
N:
N: The binary or shared library is stripped, but still contains a section
N: that is not useful. The utilities (install -s and dh_strip) are
N: patched to remove the .note and .comment sections.
N:
> Another poster recommended using `strip --strip-unneeded' for
> these binaries, but that does not remove anything more than `strip'
> without options. The dictzip binary, unstripped, is 394689 bytes.
> After running `strip dictzip', it is 125116 bytes. After running
> `strip --strip-unneeded dictzip' it is still 125116 bytes. Running
> `strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note dictzip'
> reduces it to 122396 bytes.
Right, and that size saving is why I made debhelper's dh_strip program
begin to stip those sections (and more for shared libs). IIRC debhelper was
first, lintian picked up on it, and nobody has even seen a need to mention it
in policy.
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