Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] src: don't statically link code that's already in libvirt.so

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:09:57PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > virtlockd and virtlogd statically link to libvirt-net-rpc-server.la > libvirt-net-rpc.la and libvirt_util.la. libvirt-iohelper statically libvirt_iohelper > links to libvirt_util.la. All this code is all already built into > the main libvirt.so, so we should dynamically link all these pieces. > > This reduces the size of the libvirt-daemon RPM from 5.4 MB down to > 1.2 MB which is useful for container installs seeking minimal disk > footprint. > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; > --- > src/Makefile.am | 2 +- > src/libvirt_remote.syms | 1 + > src/locking/Makefile.inc.am | 4 +--- > src/logging/Makefile.inc.am | 4 +--- > 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko(a)redhat.com&gt; libvirt_parthelper and libvirt_leaseshelper could benefit from the same change.