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Date:      Fri, 04 Apr 2014 06:06:25 -0500
From:      Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Stripping of binaries (Was: Re: svn commit: r350052 - head/Mk)
Message-ID:  <533E9231.9080607@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20140404103852.GA67976@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201404032211.s33MBqWj021361@svn.freebsd.org> <20140404085811.GA19897@FreeBSD.org> <20140404094546.GC78280@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20140404103852.GA67976@FreeBSD.org>

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On 4/4/2014 5:38 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 11:45:47AM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>> While I do agree with the problem you are spotting the solution is imh=
o
>> not the one you propose at all.
>=20
> pkg(8) just came on my mind first due to staging; I agree with you that=

> universal, extendable `post-install" target/framework would probably be=

> better for these things.
>=20
>> To have a clean solution we have to get a long term view about the pac=
kage
>> building.
>>
>> Here are the list of problems we have with stripping.
>> - .a are often installed in the stage in 444 mode, meaning you cannot
>>   strip them as a simple user after staging
>> - cross building involves a different strip binary
>> - in very long term we want to be able to extract the debug flags in t=
he
>>   stage dir to be able to create some debug packages.
>> - some badly written program/libraries only works when not stripped so=
 we
>>   need a way to declares (don't strip this)
>=20
> Yes, the last bullet suggests that it's out of pkg(8) scope, and should=
 be
> perhaps done in b.p.m. (it would need to look into Makefile, since putt=
ing
> some DONT_STRIP_THIS type of data into package manifest looks bogus).
>=20
>> That said, if someone want to step up and write a "post-stage" framewo=
rk to
>> easily plug new automated operation could then properly handle properl=
y.
>=20
> Do we have a wiki page on this?  If not, shall we create one?  I'd like=
 to
> include excerpts of this discussion there.
>=20
> ./danfe
>=20

Ideally the implementation ends up in Mk/Scripts/*.sh too :)

I'm working on some new features and trying to stick to that. It's
making the code much cleaner and maintainable.

--=20
Regards,
Bryan Drewery


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