No longer add -g or -s to LDFLAGS. autoconf handles -g. And "make

install-strip" is the approved way to install stripped executables.

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7799612..9b7bb49 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -180,18 +180,6 @@ if test "$GCC" = yes; then
     LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:+$LDFLAGS }-Qunused-arguments"
 fi
 
-dnl This really shouldn't be necessary.  And we really shouldn't add -s.
-if test x"$enable_debug" = x"yes"; then
-  test -z "$LDFLAGS" && LDFLAGS=-g
-else
-  if test -z "$LDFLAGS"; then
-    case "$build_os" in
-      darwin*) LDFLAGS= ;;
-            *) LDFLAGS=-s ;;
-    esac
-  fi
-fi
-
 dnl This hack turns off assertions by default, assuming
 dnl that configure still uses this shell variable.  Without
 dnl it, AC_HEADER_ASSERT enables assertions by default.

diff --git a/docs/pending-release-notes b/docs/pending-release-notes
index 1242e54..b4d3e63 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/pending-release-notes
+++ b/docs/pending-release-notes
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ OBSOLETE FEATURES
   to disable public sequence support has been removed.
 - Support for the -normalize and -nonormalize switches to the ali(1) and
   ap(8) commands has been removed.
+- "make install" no longer strips executables.  Use "make install-strip"
+  instead.
 
 -------------------
 DEPRECATED FEATURES