Bug 430066

Summary:	sys-apps/coreutils: use -fvisibility=hidden
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	wbrana
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	jer
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description wbrana 2012-08-05 18:25:00 UTC

coreutils could be built with -fvisibility=hidden which makes executable smaller with smaller load time

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-08-05 22:54:05 UTC

Isn't this what CFLAGS is for?

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-08-05 22:56:00 UTC

*** Bug 430074 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2012-08-06 02:25:22 UTC

this is something to do upstream.  coreutils produces shared libraries btw which visibility=hidden most likely breaks.