#1851: "make install-strip" should work -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: igloo | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.2 Component: Build System | Version: 8.0.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Building GHC | Unknown/Multiple failed | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by gidyn): * status: closed => new * resolution: fixed => Comment: OK, I think I've found the libraries which aren't stripped. (Apologies for the earlier comment, a problem with my gcc installation had led me to think that nothing is stripped.) {{{ # cd /usr/local/lib/ghc-8.0.1/rts # du -h * 3.1M libHSrts.a 3.9M libHSrts_thr.a # strip --strip-unneeded * # du -h * 736K libHSrts.a 848K libHSrts_thr.a }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1851#comment:22 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler