[yocto] libgcc.a size

[Mircea Gliga]

Hi guys

 >libgcc.a is "out-f-the-box" in rocko 25MB, but why should it be 
integrated in rootfs ?

I asked myself the same question. Not clear for me yet how and why it 
gets in the rootfs.

Thanks and regards
Mircea


On 11/01/18 13:51, Stefano Babic wrote:
> Hi Zoran, Mircea,
>
> On 11/01/2018 11:16, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote:
>>> What stands out is a big bump in size for /usr/lib/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/7.2.0/libgcc.a from 5 MB in krogoth(gcc 5.3.0) to 25 MB in rocko.
>> Static library, probably compiled with -g (debug info included). You
>> need to recompile libgcc excluding -g option... My best guess.
>>
> libgcc.a is "out-f-the-box" in rocko 25MB, but why should it be
> integrated in rootfs ? The libc-2.26.so is still 1.2MB (ARM) and
> footprint is comparable to the past.
>
> Stefano
>
>