Re: git binary size...

From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Jan 11, 2006, 19:39 UTC
Message-ID: <43C55EE4.9010103@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <43C558FB.3030102@op5.se>

Andreas Ericsson wrote:

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> 
> I'd suggest adding
> 
> strip:
>     strip $(PROGRAMS)
> 
> install: strip
> 
> to Makefile instead. That way people working on various git-tools won't 
> have to remember to override the CFLAGS when debugging new stuff.
>

I disagree with both of these. Most users will not install via "make install", but rather via a package manager. Package managers have long since dealt with this problem; in the case of rpm, the debug information is stripped off into a separate package. Having "make install" strip would break that -- although defining $(STRIP) makes it a bit easier to deal with (STRIP=: make install).

However, if the concern is "the average user" I really think there is no reason do bother with this at all -- the average user should to "yum install git" or whatever is the equivalent for their distribution. This ain't 1990.

	-hpa