Package: libncurses-dev Version: 6.3-2 Severity: normal Unfortunately libncurses++w.a is not stripped on i386 (and apparently on some other architecture[1], but I have not checked which one), because dh_strip skips it due to bug #875780[2]:
,---- | $ perl -e 'print "@ARGV[0] not recognized as binary file\n" unless -B (@ARGV[0])' /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libncurses++w.a | /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libncurses++w.a not recognized as binary file `---- This increases the installed size by some 500 kiB and also creates a reproducibility problem[3], because upstream (with good reasons) does not create deterministic archives, as mentioned in NEWS: ,---- | 20151010 | + add workaround for breakage of POSIX makefiles by recent binutils | change. `---- This problem has persisted at least since version 6.3-2 according to [3], and I was hoping that newer toolchains might stop exposing the dh_strip bug, but it seems we are stuck with it for Bookworm unless I find some workaround. Which is likely going to look quite ugly. :-( -- System Information: Debian Release: bookworm/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') merged-usr: no Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 1. https://udd.debian.org/lintian/?email1=&email2=&email3=&packages=ncurses&ignpackages=&format=html<_error=on<_warning=on<_information=on&lintian_tag=unstripped-static-library#all 2. https://bugs.debian.org/875780 3. https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/i386/ncurses.html
