‘strip’ phase

[Ludovic Courtès]

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:

>> I DO get a load of messages such as
>>
>>   
>> strip:/gnu/store/icz59y35qqmm4jcrnkqx7d73xlzsq0lq-ruby-1.8.7-p374/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/attlistdecl.rb:
>>   File format not recognized
>>
>> is there a way to prevent files with a .rb extension or ruby shebang
>> to be stripped?
>
> In theory the default 'strip' phase could be replaced by one that's more
> selective, but please don't do that.
>
> The problem happens in almost every package, so the improvements should
> be made in the default 'strip' phase.  The relevant procedure is 'strip'
> in guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm, but beware that changing that file
> (or just about anything else in that directory) will trigger a full
> rebuild of all packages.  It would be nice to do at some point, but it's
> quite far down on our TODO list.

I think the ‘strip’ phase is fine this way: sure, it ends up invoking
‘strip’ on files that are not ELF files, but it’s harmless.  So we get
these extra warnings in the build log, but they are really harmless.

Conversely, attempts to be more selective may miss actual ELF files.

WDYT?

Ludo’.