[oe] angstrom-2008.1, uclibc: git-native: sysroot-destdir 6, 4 GB big, since some executables are 100 MB each

[Paul Menzel]

Am Samstag, den 17.07.2010, 01:03 +0200 schrieb Koen Kooi:
> On 16-07-10 17:23, Khem Raj wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Paul Menzel
> > <paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> >> Am Donnerstag, den 15.07.2010, 19:55 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel:
> >>
> >>> I ran out of space and noticed
> >>>
> >>>     /angstrom-dev/work/i686-linux/git-native-1.7.0.2-r4
> >>>
> >>> is 8,1G big.
> >>>
> >>> Some of the executable files in
> >>>
> >>>     /angstrom-dev/work/i686-linux/git-native-1.7.0.2-r4/sysroot-destdir/angstrom-dev/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/libexec/git-core/
> >>>
> >>> are 101 MB big.
> > 
> > its most probably the -g3/-ggdb3 bloat.
> 
> No, it's git not creating (hard)links but copies of the same app. Run an
> md5sum on the binaries, they will all match. I suggest you stop
> spreading FUD about -ggdb3, it is not being appriciated.

I do not know anything about the technical background. I can only report
that removing `-ggdb3` fixed it for me.


Thanks,

Paul
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