[oe] Revert "package bbclass: strip static libs as well"

[Koen Kooi]

On 23-10-09 05:04, Holger Hans Peter Freyther wrote:
> Hey Koen, All,
>
> I would like to revert:
> 	8fec15f70dcd0a8543b0af3ec256bf9cd108281e
> 	98a7d32826bc362c4ee434e7a4def7c852e75281
>
> The reason is that:
> 	This commit has introduced several breakages including
> 	stripping libc_nonshared.a breaking the gcc in the SDK and
>          for the device.
>          It has created build errors in meta-toolchain for binutils, gdb
>          see my illfated patch...
>
> I don't think we need to strip .a files as they will not end on the device

They do actually

> and people will link their binaries to them and we will strip the binaries.

There was a discussion about that and I didn't see people objection, the 
only point of contention was where to package the debug symbols. How do 
you propropose to solve the problem that the .a files are huge?
Also, you don't mention any problems, you only say "I [..] think", which 
usually isn't a good enough reason to revert stuff :)

regards,

Koen