Strip debug sections from the shipped Linux binaries - #12
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The release profile compiles with debug = 1 for readable backtraces, and ELF embeds that DWARF straight into the executable, so the Linux artifacts were shipping it. Strip it at packaging time -- before appimage.sh and the dist/ copies -- so neither the AppImage payload nor the loose binaries carry it, while local release builds keep their line tables. Symbols stay; only debug sections go. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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debug = 1so local release builds get readable backtraces, and ELF is the one binary format that embeds the resulting DWARF in the executable itself — the Linux release artifacts were shipping it (macOS/Windows put it in dSYM/PDB side files that are never packaged).strip --strip-debugontarget/release/schistandtarget/release/schist-mcpin the Linux packaging step, beforeappimage.shand thedist/copies, so the AppImage payload and both loose binaries ship without debug sections.--strip-debugleaves the symbol table intact, so shipped binaries still symbolicate panics by function name, anddebug = 1keeps working for local builds.Testing
appimage.shre-runscargo build --releaseafterwards, and a local test confirmed that build is a no-op that leaves the stripped output untouched.🤖 Generated with Claude Code