Control: tags -1 moreinfo Matthias Klose: > Control: tags -1 - moreinfo > > On 29.09.19 11:03, Niels Thykier wrote: >> Control: tags -1 moreinfo >> >> [...] >> >> When would you need to keep these LTO sections (but not use -k to keep >> everything)? > > -k is aliased as --keep-debug, this has nothing to do with LTO > sections. Why do you want to blow up the size of a package needing LTO > when only LTO is needed? > > Keeping LTO information in a package can be useful when you have tightly > coupled packages where you know that LTO optimization can be done across > package boundaries. > > Matthias
Can you name me some concrete examples of packages / relations where keeping LTO information would be beneficial, useful and worth the extra complexity/cognitive load of "yet-another-toggle-in-debhelper" that everyone needs to consider whether applies to them? Thanks, ~Niels
