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author | Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2006-01-31 20:17:20 +0000 |
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committer | Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2006-01-31 20:17:20 +0000 |
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diff --git a/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml b/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml index 5ba986652..5cecada9c 100644 --- a/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml +++ b/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml @@ -1,50 +1,53 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> -<sect1 id="ch-system-aboutdebug"> -<title>About Debugging Symbols</title> -<?dbhtml filename="aboutdebug.html"?> - -<para>Most programs and libraries are, by default, compiled with -debugging symbols included (with <command>gcc</command>'s -<parameter>-g</parameter> option). This means that when debugging a -program or library that was compiled with debugging information -included, the debugger can provide not only memory addresses, but also -the names of the routines and variables.</para> - -<para>However, the inclusion of these debugging symbols enlarges a -program or library significantly. The following is an example of the -amount of space these symbols occupy:</para> - -<itemizedlist> - -<listitem><para>a bash binary -with debugging symbols: 1200 KB</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>a bash binary -without debugging symbols: 480 KB</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Glibc and GCC files (<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> -and <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>) -with debugging symbols: 87 MB</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>Glibc and GCC files -without debugging symbols: 16 MB</para></listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -<para>Sizes may vary depending on which compiler and C -library were used, but when comparing programs with and without debugging -symbols, the difference will usually be a factor between two and -five.</para> - -<para>Because most users will never use a debugger on their system -software, a lot of disk space can be regained by removing these -symbols. The next section shows how to strip all debugging symbols -from the programs and libraries. Additional information on system -optimization can be found at <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.</para> +<sect1 id="ch-system-aboutdebug"> + <?dbhtml filename="aboutdebug.html"?> + + <title>About Debugging Symbols</title> + + <para>Most programs and libraries are, by default, compiled with + debugging symbols included (with <command>gcc</command>'s + <parameter>-g</parameter> option). This means that when debugging a + program or library that was compiled with debugging information + included, the debugger can provide not only memory addresses, but also + the names of the routines and variables.</para> + + <para>However, the inclusion of these debugging symbols enlarges a + program or library significantly. The following is an example of the + amount of space these symbols occupy:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>A <command>bash</command> binary with debugging symbols: + 1200 KB</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>A <command>bash</command> binary without debugging symbols: + 480 KB</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Glibc and GCC files (<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> + and <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>) with debugging + symbols: 87 MB</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Glibc and GCC files without debugging symbols: 16 MB</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>Sizes may vary depending on which compiler and C library were used, + but when comparing programs with and without debugging symbols, the + difference will usually be a factor between two and five.</para> + + <para>Because most users will never use a debugger on their system software, + a lot of disk space can be regained by removing these symbols. The next + section shows how to strip all debugging symbols from the programs and + libraries. Additional information on system optimization can be found at + <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.</para> </sect1> - |