Re: Stripping ELF .note and .comment sections?
Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> However, I think removing the two mentioned sections can be stripped anyway.
>
> buildinfo is an orthogonal issue (as the info in the section isn't really
> helping --- just the version of the compiler, nothing else). I would say we
> can drop it. We have it in a lot of packages for a long time.
>
> Has anybody ever made of use of it ?
>
> All files are very small (< 200 bytes). Every file is occupying one block
> (this are 4096 bytes, IIRC). In my system (far from complete), there are 68
> buildinfo.Debian files. This makes 272 Kbytes, space that can be better used
> by me. (I have to admit, I have not enough disk sapce anyway).
>
> If every package had one, the occupied space would jump to (1300 packages *
> 4 Kb) 5200 Kbyte, or 5.2 MB.
In fact, this is a great summary of my reasons for not putting it in
debhelper. :-)
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