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List:       kde-optimize
Subject:    Re: stripping kde libs and binaries
From:       Stefan Heimers <stefan () heimers ! ch>
Date:       2004-10-20 9:43:40
Message-ID: 200410201143.42863.stefan () heimers ! ch
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On Wednesday 20 October 2004 11.20, Lubos Lunak wrote:

>  Debug info is places in special sections of the binaries, at the end of
> the file. It is not loaded at all when loading the binary for execution.

It is not explicitly requested, but it might still be loaded into read-ahead 
cache in stead of something more useful. The internal cache of HDs has no way 
to tell if the next block is code or debug info. I don't know how intelligent 
the operating system disk cache handles this.

Stefan
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