From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:12:38 GMT
Subject: Re: git binary size...
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601121011370.3535@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <2cd57c900601120215pdb5da27l@mail.gmail.com>



On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> >
> > With stripped binaries, you can't really do _anything_. You get a
> > core-file, and you're screwed.
> 
> Are you sure?

I'm sure.

> In gdb:
> 
> No symbol table is loaded.  Use the "file" command.
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0xb7f16445 in ext2fs_mark_generic_bitmap () from /lib/libext2fs.so.2

Note where the debug info comes from. It comes from the _library_.

> So with stripped binary, I still get the backtrace to locate the buggy
> function.

No you don't. With the _non-stripped_ library you get the backtrace. 
There's no backtrace at all for the binary itself.

		Linus