strip

The tracking issue for this feature is: #72110.

Option -Z strip=val controls stripping of debuginfo and similar auxiliary data from binaries during linking.

Supported values for this option are:

  • none - debuginfo and symbols (if they exist) are copied to the produced binary or separate files depending on the target (e.g. .pdb files in case of MSVC).
  • debuginfo - debuginfo sections and debuginfo symbols from the symbol table section are stripped at link time and are not copied to the produced binary or separate files.
  • symbols - same as debuginfo, but the rest of the symbol table section is stripped as well if the linker supports it.