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Binary files for Linux to be stripped

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Discussed in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/discussions/9976

Originally posted by zorrohahaha October 8, 2022
After installing the extension for Linux, I checked it is a very large set and occupies more than 200M disk space.

.vscode-server/extensions/ms-vscode.cpptools-1.12.4-linux-x64/bin/cpptools: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, BuildID[sha1]=45b405570cb604136dd291c750220f29e212d0ac, with debug_info, not stripped

.vscode-server/extensions/ms-vscode.cpptools-1.12.4-linux-x64/LLVM/bin/clang-format: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, BuildID[sha1]=55869c1ecea634dc5b37f9d18222b2dac56c8158, not stripped

.vscode-server/extensions/ms-vscode.cpptools-1.12.4-linux-x64/LLVM/bin/clang-tidy: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, BuildID[sha1]=6fe2067ab8b83c3db73ec57967feff94bf6760d9, not stripped

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Research direction

Start by tracing how the Linux extension bundle includes cpptools, LLVM/bin/clang-format, and LLVM/bin/clang-tidy. Verify the packaged ELF files no longer contain unnecessary debug information or symbols, and confirm the resulting Linux extension is smaller than the reported bundle.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
build-system, performance, release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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