| Stephen Gran on 4 Feb 2006 01:16:46 -0000 |
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On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 07:04:31PM -0500, Jeff Abrahamson said: > By default debian installs apps and libraries with symbols and other > debug info stripped. I'm sure this saves a miniscule bit of disk > space and load time, but is there a good reason for this as a default? Yes, several, but they are the usual boring space-saving and optimization arguments that you are familiar with already. Most packages ship a -dbg package that contains the stripped debugging symbols for exactly the reasons yuo are outlining, though, so when you have a particular application crash, the debug symbols are usually an apt-get away. Not all by any means, but due to some recent package building toolchain feature additions, it has just become trivial to do so, so expect more and more packages to do this. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | Every nonzero finite dimensional inner | | steve@lobefin.net | product space has an orthonormal basis. | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | It makes sense, when you don't think | | | about it. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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