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authorTimothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-09-02 00:01:22 +0000
committerTimothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-09-02 00:01:22 +0000
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parentd0e55a67df31dab8bbf39e47da7aae6de91c062e (diff)
Fix man bug, added a CC variable to omit symbols from compilation in static packages.
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@@ -37,17 +37,14 @@ similar if you compare programs with and without debugging symbols.</para>
<para>To remove debugging symbols from a binary (must be an a.out or ELF
binary) run <userinput>strip --strip-debug filename</userinput>. Wildcards
can be used to strip debugging symbols from multiple files (use something
-like <userinput>strip --strip-debug $LFS/usr/bin/*</userinput>).
-Most people will probably never use a debugger on software, so by
-removing those symbols a lot of disk space can be regained.</para>
+like <userinput>strip --strip-debug $LFS/usr/bin/*</userinput>). Most
+people will probably never use a debugger on software, so by removing
+those symbols a lot of disk space can be regained.</para>
<para>For your convenience, chapter 9 includes one simple command to strip
-all debugging symbols from all programs and libraries on your
-system. If you are short on diskspace you can start with stripping
-all the files under <filename class="directory">$LFS/static</filename></para>
-
-<para>You might find additional information in the optimization hint which can
-be found at <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.</para>
+all debugging symbols from the programs and libraries on your system. You
+might find additional information in the optimization hint which can be
+found at <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.</para>
</sect1>