[webkit-dev] Any way to get a debugging symbols build without compiling?

[Michael Catanzaro]

On Thu, Apr 8 2021 at 08:38:55 AM -0600, Alemar via webkit-dev 
<webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org> wrote:
> Oh also, sorry for the extra email, but I just noticed that my
> webkit2gtk build is like 3 GB of size (!) no wonder why it doesn't
> crash, with that size that's the least thing I'd expect haha. But I
> can't definitely distribute that. So yeah, does anyone know what is
> the build command line for a production build? The usual size is
> around 50 MB :)

Debug symbols are huge, which is why non-Arch distros strip them into 
separate debug packages. 3 GB sounds normal for a build with embedded 
debug symbols.

Michael