#10779: .so files in 64-bit Debian builds are 4% larger than they have to be -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: thomie | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Build | Version: 7.10.2 System | Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- For some reason, all .so files from the Debian builds at https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_10_2#x86_64linux are larger then the equivalent files in the CentOS build, my own (Ubuntu) build, or hvr's ppa build. For example, comparing the size of `libHSfilepath-1.4.0.0 -KsGE6pHE5eZHSN90ZVax6A-ghc7.10.2.so`, after installation (i.e. after strip --strip-unneeded): ||= build =||= size (bytes) =|| || Debian || 128520 || || Centos || 124280 || || hvr ppa || 123112 || || my own || 123112 || Maybe the linker or strip utility on the Debian system where GHC releases are built should be upgraded. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10779 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler