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| -rw-r--r-- | mesonbuild/backend/backends.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py index c0b2666..773c75e 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py +++ b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py @@ -1089,7 +1089,20 @@ class Backend: install_mode = t.get_custom_install_mode() # Install the target output(s) if isinstance(t, build.BuildTarget): - should_strip = self.get_option_for_target('strip', t) + # In general, stripping static archives is tricky and full of pitfalls. + # Wholesale stripping of static archives with a command such as + # + # strip libfoo.a + # + # is broken, as GNU's strip will remove *every* symbol in a static + # archive. One solution to this nonintuitive behaviour would be + # to only strip local/debug symbols. Unfortunately, strip arguments + # are not specified by POSIX and therefore not portable. GNU's `-g` + # option (i.e. remove debug symbols) is equivalent to Apple's `-S`. + # + # TODO: Create GNUStrip/AppleStrip/etc. hierarchy for more + # fine-grained stripping of static archives. + should_strip = not isinstance(t, build.StaticLibrary) and self.get_option_for_target('strip', t) # Install primary build output (library/executable/jar, etc) # Done separately because of strip/aliases/rpath if outdirs[0] is not False: |