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author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-16 11:56:28 +0000 |
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committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-16 11:56:28 +0000 |
commit | 675606bde2ba53946537b42a5aa576692a311621 (patch) | |
tree | af20c20ce3841c16b24d0b9903af6878a4a0f5a6 /chapter06/strippingagain.xml | |
parent | 560065f976e371779928dbf8b9428217f3f57331 (diff) | |
parent | 1cd59612d00603c9ce773ad821a15d20bc4fa0b7 (diff) |
Split Chapter 5 into three separate chapters.
Implement a new method of cross-building the LFS tool chain
and other tools to simplify the method of isolating the
new system from the original host. This will be the start of
LFS-10.0.
Move old trunk/BOOK to branches/old-trunk.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11946 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/strippingagain.xml b/chapter06/strippingagain.xml deleted file mode 100644 index eef553173..000000000 --- a/chapter06/strippingagain.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,97 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ - <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> - %general-entities; -]> - -<sect1 id="ch-system-strippingagain"> - <?dbhtml filename="strippingagain.html"?> - - <title>Stripping Again</title> - - <para>This section is optional. If the intended user is not a - programmer and does not plan to do - any debugging on the system software, the system size can be decreased - by about 90 MB by removing the debugging symbols from binaries and - libraries. This causes no inconvenience other than not being able to - debug the software fully anymore.</para> - - <para>Most people who use the commands mentioned below do not - experience any difficulties. However, it is easy to make a typo and - render the new system unusable, so before running the - <command>strip</command> commands, it is a good idea to make a - backup of the LFS system in its current state.</para> - - <para>First place the debugging symbols for selected libraries - in separate files. This debugging information is needed if running - regression tests that use <ulink - url='&blfs-book;/general/valgrind.html'>valgrind</ulink> or <ulink - url='&blfs-book;/general/gdb.html'>gdb</ulink> later in BLFS. - </para> - -<!-- also of interest are libgfortan, libgo, libgomp, and libobjc from gcc --> - -<!--<screen><userinput>save_lib="ld-2.25.so libc-2.25.so libpthread-2.25.so libthread_db-1.0.so"--> -<screen><userinput>save_lib="ld-&glibc-version;.so libc-&glibc-version;.so libpthread-&glibc-version;.so libthread_db-&libthread_db-version;.so" - -cd /lib - -for LIB in $save_lib; do - objcopy --only-keep-debug $LIB $LIB.dbg - strip --strip-unneeded $LIB - objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=$LIB.dbg $LIB -done - -save_usrlib="libquadmath.so.&libquadmath-version; libstdc++.so.&libstdcpp-version; - libitm.so.&libitm-version; libatomic.so.&libatomic-version;" <!-- libcilkrts.so.&libcilkrts-version;--> - -cd /usr/lib - -for LIB in $save_usrlib; do - objcopy --only-keep-debug $LIB $LIB.dbg - strip --strip-unneeded $LIB - objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=$LIB.dbg $LIB -done - -unset LIB save_lib save_usrlib</userinput></screen> - - <para>Before performing the stripping, take special care to ensure that - none of the binaries that are about to be stripped are running:</para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>exec /tools/bin/bash</userinput></screen> - - <!-- - If - unsure whether the user entered chroot with the command given in - <xref linkend="ch-system-chroot" role=","/> first use the version - of bash we created in - chroot:</para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>logout</userinput></screen> - - <para>Then reenter it with:</para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>chroot $LFS /tools/bin/env -i \ - HOME=/root TERM=$TERM \ - PS1='(lfs chroot) \u:\w\$ ' \ - PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \ - /tools/bin/bash - -login</userinput></screen>--> - - <para>Now the binaries and libraries can be safely stripped:</para> - -<screen><userinput>/tools/bin/find /usr/lib -type f -name \*.a \ - -exec /tools/bin/strip --strip-debug {} ';' - -/tools/bin/find /lib /usr/lib -type f \( -name \*.so* -a ! -name \*dbg \) \ - -exec /tools/bin/strip --strip-unneeded {} ';' - -/tools/bin/find /{bin,sbin} /usr/{bin,sbin,libexec} -type f \ - -exec /tools/bin/strip --strip-all {} ';'</userinput></screen> - - <para>A large number of files will be reported as having their file - format not recognized. These warnings can be safely ignored. These - warnings indicate that those files are scripts instead of - binaries.</para> - -</sect1> |