Re: unstripped-static-library

[Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto (hpfn) <hpfn@ig.com.br>]

Hi Alex,

Thanks for answering. And the details!

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On Sat, 3 Oct 2015 08:45:48 +0800
Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Herbert,
> 
> I am not a mentor. I think the static library striping is done by
> dh_strip, the detection code looks like this:
>     # Is it a static library, and not a debug library?
>     if (m/lib.*\.a$/ && ! m/.*_g\.a$/) {
>         # Is it a binary file, or something else (maybe a linker
>         # script on Hurd, for example? I don't use file, because
>         # file returns a variety of things on static libraries.
>         if (-B $_) {
>             push @static_libs, $fn;
>             return;
>         }
>     }
> 
> While the lintian warnings look like this:
>     X: libgphoto2-dev: unstripped-static-library
> usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgphoto2/2.5.8/adc65.a(adc65.o)
> 
> It seems the static libraries built does not have the prefix ``lib'',
> so dh_strip does not detect it as a static library. I am not sure if
> this is intended.

Yes, I saw the manpage of dh_strip and what  I
understood is you can exclude (-X) but you
can not determinate which file to strip.

> 
> I think the solution for now will be to add the following to ``rule'':
> override_dh_strip:
> 	dh_strip
> 	find . -name '*.a' \( \! -name '*_g.a' \) \
> 	-exec strip --strip-debug \
> 	--remove-section=.comment \
> 	--remove-section=.note {} \;

And where I put the stripped part ? I mean, how
to direct the result to a -dbg package or something ?
Using a debian/*.install file ?


regards,

> 
> This is according to the striping code in dh_strip:
>     if (@static_libs) {
>         my $strip_help = qx{$strip 2>&1};
> 	my @opts = ('--strip-debug', '--remove-section=.comment',
>             '--remove-section=.note');
>         if (index($strip_help, '--enable-deterministic-archives') > -1) {
>             # NB: The short variant (-D) is broken in Jessie
>             # (binutils/2.25-3)
>             push(@opts, '--enable-deterministic-archives');
>         }
>         foreach (@static_libs) {
>             doit($strip, @opts, $_);
>         }
>     }
> 
> Feel free to discuss.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex
> 
> On 03/10/2015, Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto <hpfn@ig.com.br> wrote:
> > Hi mentors,
> >
> > I've already checked with my mentor, but he
> > said he isn't a expert in libraries. And
> > here I can improve my english.
> >
> > I maintain libgphoto2 and lintian now says
> > that the package has "unstripped-static-library"
> > (.a files). We (me and my mentor) believe that
> > this message can be ignored.
> >
> > Can someone take a look and confirm this ? I alert:
> > this is an experimental tag. Just in case you don't
> > waste time with this kind of tag.
> >
> > The package is at mentors:
> > https://mentors.debian.net/package/libgphoto2
> > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/libg/libgphoto2/libgphoto2_2.5.8-2.dsc
> >
> >
> > regards,
> > --
> > Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto (hpfn)
> >
> >


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