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Use --strip-unneeded when stripping static libraries with GNU strip.
authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:12:32 +0000 (18:12 -0400)
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:12:32 +0000 (18:12 -0400)
commite2e34dfff5e75ee52655053e94ad2acd51335d81
treef7b842adc8f91172287fba8c1fb08faea1c88994
parent2ad35cf06752f810d113cfd49eb9fba3f80a3491
Use --strip-unneeded when stripping static libraries with GNU strip.

We've long used "--strip-unneeded" for shared libraries but plain
"-x" for static libraries when stripping symbols with GNU strip.
There doesn't seem to be any really good reason for that though,
since --strip-unneeded produces smaller output (as "-x" alone
does not remove debug symbols).  Moreover it seems that
llvm-strip, although it identifies as GNU strip, misbehaves when
given "-x" for this purpose.  It's unclear whether that's
intentional or a bug in llvm-strip, but in any case it seems like
changing to use --strip-unneeded in all cases should be a win.

Note that this doesn't change our behavior when dealing with
non-GNU strip.

Per gripes from Ed Maste and Palle Girgensohn.  Back-patch,
in case anyone wants to use llvm-strip with stable branches.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/17898-5308d09543463266@postgresql.org
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20230420153338.bbj2g5jiyy3afhjz@awork3.anarazel.de
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