[OE-core] [PATCH][zeus][master] harfbuzz: split libharfbuzz-subset.so to its own binary package

Ross Burton ross.burton at intel.com
Thu Nov 7 10:54:23 UTC 2019


On 07/11/2019 08:13, Mikko Rapeli wrote:
> harfbuzz binary package size increased from 624608 bytes in yocto 2.5 to
> 1365431 bytes in yocto 3.0. Most of the size increase is in the new
> libharfbuzz-subset.so* library, which based on the name seems to
> duplicate parts of the libharfbuzz main library, though it
> RDEPENDS on harfbuzz which is odd. Split it to its own binary
> package which will be installed if anyone needs it. Effect to harfbuzz
> binary package size is:


The subset piece is a library to subset fonts, not a subset of the 
library itself.

https://harfbuzz.github.io/utilities.html#utilities-command-line-hbsubset

Can you update the message?

Ross


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