Re: stripping binaries

[Raja R Harinath <harinath cs umn edu>]

Raja R Harinath <harinath@cs.umn.edu> writes:
> Brian M Dial <bdial@rkkengineers.com> writes:
> > 	Could someone give me a quick rundown on when it is or isn't good to
> > strip libraries?  
[snip]
> Don't use --strip-unneeded on libraries.  (Simplistic explanation
> alert) Libraries don't have entry points, so most of it is "unneeded"
> as far as strip is concerned.  

That would read better as: Library entry points/public symbols are
unreferenced, so most of it is "unneeded".

- Hari
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