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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/strippingagain.xml | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | general.ent | 4 |
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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 96e55db27..4208da681 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -43,6 +43,18 @@ appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem. --> <listitem> + <para>2017-04-22</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[bdubbs] - Add instructions to save debugging + information for selected libraries when stripping at + the end of Chapter 6. Fixes + <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4076">#4076</ulink>.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>2017-04-11</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem revision="systemd"> diff --git a/chapter06/strippingagain.xml b/chapter06/strippingagain.xml index f09131035..b4a78294c 100644 --- a/chapter06/strippingagain.xml +++ b/chapter06/strippingagain.xml @@ -22,6 +22,21 @@ <command>strip</command> command, it is a good idea to make a backup of the LFS system in its current state.</para> + <para>First back up some libraries that are needed when running regression + tests in BLFS packages:</para> + +<screen><userinput>save_libs="ld- libatomic libc- libcilkrts ligfortran libgo libgomp" +save_libs="$save_libs libitm libmpx libobjc libpthread libquadmath" +save_libs="$save_libs libsanitizer libstdc++ libthread_db libvtv" + +mkdir -p /var/dbg/lib /var/dbg/usr/lib + +for lib in $save_libs +do + find /usr/lib -name ${lib}*so* -type f -exec cp {} /var/dbg/usr/lib \; + find /lib -name ${lib}*so* -type f -exec cp {} /var/dbg/lib \; +done</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. If unsure whether the user entered chroot with the command given in @@ -52,4 +67,14 @@ format not recognized. These warnings can be safely ignored. These warnings indicate that those files are scripts instead of binaries.</para> + + <para>If desired, restore the saved libraries with the debug data + intact. The files can restored now or just held for later use. Note + that several of the files cannot be copied directly after rebooting + to the new LFS system. Later use requires booting to another system, + mounting the LFS partition, and then copying the files.</para> + +<screen><userinput>cp -av /var/dbg/lib/* /lib +cp -av /var/dbg/usr/lib/* /usr/lib</userinput></screen> + </sect1> diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent index 9c24e32f7..e3e8328ad 100644 --- a/general.ent +++ b/general.ent @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -<!ENTITY version "SVN-20170411"> +<!ENTITY version "SVN-20170422"> <!ENTITY short-version "svn"> <!-- Used below in &blfs-book; Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases --> <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development" or "x.y[-pre{x}]" --> -<!ENTITY versiond "20170411-systemd"> +<!ENTITY versiond "20170422-systemd"> <!ENTITY short-versiond "systemd"> <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> |