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Add the --enable-single-binary option to the configure file.
When enabled, this option builds a single binary file containing
the selected tools. Which tool gets executed depends on the value
of argv[0] which can be set implicitly through symlinks to the
single program.
This setup reduces significantly the size of a complete coreutils
install, since code from lib/libcoreutils.a is not duplicated in
every one of the more than 100 binaries. Runtime overhead is
increased due to more dynamic libraries being loaded, and extra
initialization being performed for all utils. Also initially
a larger binary is loaded from storage, though this is usually
alleviated due to caching and lazy mmaping of unused blocks,
and in fact the single binary should have better caching
characteristics.
Comparing the size of the individual versus single binary on x86_64:
$ cd src
$ size coreutils
$ size -t $(../build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh --list-progs |
grep -Ev '(coreutils|libstdbuf)') | tail -n1
text data bss dec hex filename
1097416 5388 88432 1191236 122d44 src/coreutils
4901010 124964 163768 5189742 4f306e (TOTALS)
Storage requirements are reduced similarly:
$ cd src
$ du -h coreutils
$ du -ch $(../build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh --list-progs |
grep -Ev '(coreutils|libstdbuf)') | tail -n1
1.2M coreutils
5.3M total
When installing, the makefile will create either symlinks or
shebangs based on the --enable-single-binary setting, for
each configured tool. In this way, all the tools are still
callable individually, but they are all implemented by the same
"coreutils" binary installed on the same directory.
* .gitignore: Add new generated files.
* Makefile.am: New rules to generate build-aux/gen-single-binary.sh
and install symlinks.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* README: Add "coreutils" to the list of utils.
* bootstrap.conf: Regenerate src/single-binary.mk
* build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: New --list-progs option.
* build-aux/gen-single-binary.sh: Regenerate
* configure.ac: New --enable-single-binary option and other variables.
Disallow --enable-single-binary=symlinks with --program-prefix et. al.
* man/coreutils.x: Manpage hook.
* man/local.mk: Add manpage hook and fix dependencies.
* src/coreutils.c: Multicall implementation.
* src/local.mk: New rules for the single binary option.
* tests/local.mk: Add $single_binary_progs to support
require_built_() from init.cfg
* tests/misc/env.sh: Avoid the use of symlink to echo.
* tests/misc/help-version.sh: Add exception for coreutils.
* tests/install/basic-1.sh: Really avoid using ginstall strip
functionality if there is an issue with the independent strip command.
* src/kill.c: Changes to call exit() in main.
* src/readlink.c: Likewise.
* src/shuf.c: Likewise.
* src/timeout.c: Likewise.
* src/truncate.c: Likewise.
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* AUTHORS: Add my name.
* NEWS: Mention the new program.
* README: Reference the new program.
* src/numfmt.c: New file.
* src/.gitignore: Ignore the new binary.
* build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: Update.
* scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg: Allow numfmt: commit prefix.
* po/POTFILES.in: Add new c file.
* tests/misc/numfmt.pl: A new test file giving >93% coverage.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* man/.gitignore: Ignore the new man page.
* man/local.mk: Reference the new man page.
* man/numfmt.x: A new template.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document the new command.
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* build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: Fix comment typo.
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* build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: Improve comments.
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* build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: In heading comments here.
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* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Remove 'src'. Ensure '.' is listed before
'tests' and 'gnulib-tests'.
(dist-hook): Adjust: we must now tweak the top-level Makefile.in
in $(distdir), not the one in the 'src/' subdir (which is gone).
(include): The '$(top_srcdir)/src/local.mk' file.
* build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: Adjust the generation of the
automake input fragment.
* tests/Makefile.am (.built-programs): Adjust.
* cfg.mk (all_programs): Remove this convenience rule; it's no
longer needed, now that we can rely directly on the contents of
$(all_programs).
(sc_option_desc_uppercase, check-programs-vs-x:): Adjust lists
of prerequisites accordingly.
(all-progs-but-lbracket): Simplify definition accordingly.
* configure.ac ($OPTIONAL_BIN_PROGS): Adjust definition.
($OPTIONAL_PKGLIB_PROGS): Likewise.
($NO_INSTALL_PROGS_DEFAULT): Tweak definition, for consistency.
(AC_CONFIG_FILES): Remove 'src/Makefile'.
* src/Makefile.am: Rename ...
* src/local.mk: ... like this, with a lot of adjustments. In
addition ...
(all_programs): ... remove this now-unneeded convenience target.
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This is in preparation of future changes. Still, this patch
leaves the build system in a better shape; true, with more
indirections, but also with less convoluted and brittle hacks.
Unfortunately, this commit also makes some rebuild rules
incomplete; that will son be fixed by follow-up patches.
* build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: New, generates autoconf
and automake input fragments that define "lists" of all coreutils
programs, with further distinctions about how and when these
programs should be built (by default; if the system is capable
enough; only if the user asks for them explicitly). This is
useful to avoid duplicating the definitions of these lists among
several files (at least 'configure.ac' 'src/Makefile.am'); such
duplication had proved a source of inconsistencies and bugs in
the past. And the pre-existing way to avoid such duplication,
as implemented in 'configure.ac' before this patch, was overly
complex and brittle.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute the new script.
* bootstrap.conf (bootstrap_post_import_hook): Run the new script
to generate 'm4/cu-progs.m4' and 'src/cu-progs.mk'.
* .gitignore: Ignore those files.
* configure.ac: Include 'm4/cu-progs.m4', and decidedly simplify
most of the program lists definition and processing accordingly.
* src/Makefile.am: Similarly include 'src/cu-progs.mk', containing
definition of variables $(default__progs), $(no_install__progs)
and $(build_if_possible__progs). Accordingly ...
(no_install__progs, build_if_possible__progs): ... remove.
(EXTRA_DIST): Adjust definition.
Adjust a comment.
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