[Buildroot] [RFCv1 0/4] Generating a graph of the size installed by each package

[Luca Ceresoli]

Dear Arnout, Yann, Thomas,

Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> On 24/06/14 15:05, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> [snip]
>>> The implementation consists in adding a global instrumentation hook
>>> that registers which files are installed by each package. A limitation
>>> of the current implementation is that when a file is installed by a
>>> package A and then overriden by package B, the mechanism will assume
>>> the file was installed by package A. Suggestions to welcome on how to
>>> solve this in a reasonably simple way.
>>
>> It's very well possible that I'm missing something, but I don't get why
>> you need to save the list of all installed files.
>>
>> Can't you just save the whole rootfs size before and after installation?
>> It can be simply computer by 'du -bs $(TARGET_DIR)', and it's way
>> easier to parse later. It would also take into account the change of
>> size for overwritten files, for free.
>>
>> Of course your approach collects more information, but I don't see
>> these extra info used in the final graph.
>
>   The reason is explained a bit further in that cover letter: we only do
> stripping and removing of redundant stuff in the finalize step, so calculating
> the size before that doesn't make much sense.

Aaah, yes, stripping! Of course! I was sure there is a good reason...

I'll try to connect my brain to my fingers next time (or at least read
the email properly)...

Thanks for having gently replied instead of simply blaming me (which
would have made a lot of sense indeed!).

-- 
Luca