Question on compiling glibc

[Jason Yang]

Dear Tim:

Thank you so much for your help!

On 12/17/2019 19:10, Tim Rühsen wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> I am also new to glibc and didn't have much time for it yet.
>
> You should read or search
> [1] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Testing/Builds
> [2] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/FAQ
> [3] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/HomePage
>
> Especially [1] helped me to build&run test code with a home-made glibc.
>
> Regards, Tim
>
> On 12/17/19 10:58 AM, Jason Yang wrote:
>> Dear Tim:
>>
>> Thank you so much for your quick reply and really useful info.
>>
>> I tried using strip command to strip generated libraries as there are
>> only a few.
>>
>> But there is another problem when I tried calling new ld.so, it shows
>> something like
>>
>> "/usr/bin/dircolors: : SHHWHH?HC[D: Error 18446744072667951312" no
>> matter what binaries I executed. I think it should have something wrong
>> with ld.so?
>>
>> Anyway, it is another problem occurred, if you could help I will be so
>> appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Regards, Jason
>>
>> On 12/17/2019 17:34, Tim Rühsen wrote:
>>> On 12/17/19 8:46 AM, Jason Yang wrote:
>>>> Dear developers:
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for troubling you. I am not sure if it is okay for me to send
>>>> inquiry email to this address.
>>>>
>>>> Recently I am compiling glibc 2.23 on ubuntu 16.04 via the following
>>>> commands:
>>>>
>>>> configure --disable-sanity-checks CFLAGS="-O3" CC="gcc -s" && make
>>>>
>>>> I expected to compile all libraries especially ld.so under stripped
>>>> mode. But getting "not stripped" message using "file ld.so".
>>>>
>>>> Where can I find document on describing such options? And how can I get
>>>> it right?
>>>>
>>>> Besides, the reason why I want it stripped because of libraries on my
>>>> host are stripped. I checked them using "file" command.
>>> Did you try CFLAGS="-O3 -s" CC="gcc" ?
>>>
>>> BTW, if it's just a few files, you can also use the "strip" command.
>>>
>>> Regards, Tim
>>>