[GHC] #9087: Executables in the 7.8.2 Linux i386 binary tarball are not stripped

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#9087: Executables in the 7.8.2 Linux i386 binary tarball are not stripped
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       Reporter:  refold    |             Owner:
           Type:  bug       |            Status:  new
       Priority:  normal    |         Milestone:
      Component:  Compiler  |           Version:  7.8.2
       Keywords:            |  Operating System:  Linux
   Architecture:  x86       |   Type of failure:  Other
     Difficulty:  Unknown   |         Test Case:
     Blocked By:            |          Blocking:
Related Tickets:            |
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 At least on i386 Linux, the executables inside the GHC binary tarball seem
 to come with debug information. Stripping it noticeably reduces the binary
 sizes:

 {{{
 $ file /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/ghc
 /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/ghc: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel
 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for
 GNU/Linux 2.6.26,
 BuildID[sha1]=0x6012a4c86cd3f410ca0e59ab4ac872ce740d03c6, not stripped

 $ du -sh /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/ghc
 1,4M    /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/ghc

 $ strip -s /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/ghc

 $ du -sh /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/ghc
 1021K   /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/ghc

 $ du -sh /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/haddock
 3,2M    /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/haddock

 $ strip -s /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/haddock

 $ du -sh /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/haddock
 2,3M    /path/to/ghc-7.8.2/lib/ghc-7.8.2/bin/haddock
 }}}

 Do we really need to include the debug info for exes?

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9087>
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