[CentOS-devel] Libraries not stripped in rebuilt rpms and larger packages

[Filipe Brandenburger]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:35, Luigi Iotti<centos1 at iotti.biz> wrote:
> I usually rebuild some CentOS rpm packges with some changes I need.
> I noticed that I obtain slightly larger packages than the ones found in the
> centOS distribution, even if I rebuild a source rpm without changing
> anything.
> I looked in it, and it turned out that my shared libraries are not stripped,
> where the ones found in your packages are.

If you install the "redhat-rpm-config" package the binaries/libraries
will be stripped and the stripped debug information will be put on a
"-debuginfo" RPM, this will be done automatically for you. I suggest
you install that RPM instead of modifying /etc/rpm/macros on your own.

HTH,
Filipe