Strip debug symbols from release builds of loadable extension - #123
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The distributed extension binary shipped with its full static symbol table and debug sections, which together are roughly a fifth of its size. DuckDB resolves the extension entry points through the dynamic symbol table, which stripping keeps, so drop the rest at link time for release builds. Signed-off-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WjsJd1n9cLQJTuiW6Lpno1
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Stripping stays the default for release builds, but the option lets a developer relink with the symbol table intact so crash backtraces keep function names. Signed-off-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WjsJd1n9cLQJTuiW6Lpno1
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* Strip the loadable extension in release builds The distributed extension binary shipped with its full static symbol table and debug sections, which together are roughly a fifth of its size. DuckDB resolves the extension entry points through the dynamic symbol table, which stripping keeps, so drop the rest at link time for release builds. Signed-off-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WjsJd1n9cLQJTuiW6Lpno1 * Add VORTEX_STRIP_EXTENSION option to keep symbols when debugging Stripping stays the default for release builds, but the option lets a developer relink with the symbol table intact so crash backtraces keep function names. Signed-off-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WjsJd1n9cLQJTuiW6Lpno1 --------- Signed-off-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> (cherry picked from commit 2aaba5f)
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Summary
This change optimizes the size of release builds of the loadable extension by stripping debug symbols and the static symbol table, reducing the distributed binary to approximately one-fifth of its original size.
Key Changes
-xlinker flag to strip local symbols--strip-alllinker flag to remove all symbolsImplementation Details
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPEis set to "Release"https://claude.ai/code/session_01WjsJd1n9cLQJTuiW6Lpno1