Add make install-strip target.

config/programs.m4

-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/config/programs.m4,v 1.8 2002/03/29 17:32:54 petere Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/config/programs.m4,v 1.9 2002/04/10 16:45:24 petere Exp $
 
 
 # PGAC_PATH_FLEX
@@ -144,3 +144,28 @@ dnl FIXME: We should probably check for version >=0.10.36.
   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LOCALEDIR, ["$exp_localedir"],
                      [location of locale files])
 ])# PGAC_CHECK_GETTEXT
+
+
+
+# PGAC_CHECK_STRIP
+# ----------------
+# Check for a 'strip' program, and figure out if that program can
+# strip libraries.
+
+AC_DEFUN([PGAC_CHECK_STRIP],
+[
+  AC_CHECK_TOOL(STRIP, strip, :)
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether it is possible to strip libraries])
+  if test x"$STRIP" != x"" && "$STRIP" -V 2>&1 | grep "GNU strip" >/dev/null; then
+    STRIP_STATIC_LIB="$STRIP -x"
+    STRIP_SHARED_LIB="$STRIP --strip-unneeded"
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+  else
+    STRIP_STATIC_LIB=:
+    STRIP_SHARED_LIB=:
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(STRIP_STATIC_LIB)
+  AC_SUBST(STRIP_SHARED_LIB)
+])# PGAC_CHECK_STRIP

configure

@@ -4668,6 +4668,104 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
 fi
 
 
+  if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}strip", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}strip; ac_word=$2
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_prog_STRIP+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$STRIP"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_STRIP="$STRIP" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_STRIP="${ac_tool_prefix}strip"
+    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+done
+
+fi
+fi
+STRIP=$ac_cv_prog_STRIP
+if test -n "$STRIP"; then
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $STRIP" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$STRIP" >&6
+else
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
+fi
+
+fi
+if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_STRIP"; then
+  ac_ct_STRIP=$STRIP
+  # Extract the first word of "strip", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy strip; ac_word=$2
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_STRIP+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$ac_ct_STRIP"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_STRIP="$ac_ct_STRIP" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_STRIP="strip"
+    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+done
+
+  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_STRIP" && ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_STRIP=":"
+fi
+fi
+ac_ct_STRIP=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_STRIP
+if test -n "$ac_ct_STRIP"; then
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_ct_STRIP" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_ct_STRIP" >&6
+else
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
+fi
+
+  STRIP=$ac_ct_STRIP
+else
+  STRIP="$ac_cv_prog_STRIP"
+fi
+
+
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether it is possible to strip libraries" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking whether it is possible to strip libraries... $ECHO_C" >&6
+  if test x"$STRIP" != x"" && "$STRIP" -V 2>&1 | grep "GNU strip" >/dev/null; then
+    STRIP_STATIC_LIB="$STRIP -x"
+    STRIP_SHARED_LIB="$STRIP --strip-unneeded"
+    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6
+  else
+    STRIP_STATIC_LIB=:
+    STRIP_SHARED_LIB=:
+    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
+  fi
+
+
+
+
 for ac_prog in 'bison -y'
 do
   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
@@ -16740,6 +16838,10 @@ s,@RANLIB@,$RANLIB,;t t
 s,@ac_ct_RANLIB@,$ac_ct_RANLIB,;t t
 s,@LORDER@,$LORDER,;t t
 s,@TAR@,$TAR,;t t
+s,@STRIP@,$STRIP,;t t
+s,@ac_ct_STRIP@,$ac_ct_STRIP,;t t
+s,@STRIP_STATIC_LIB@,$STRIP_STATIC_LIB,;t t
+s,@STRIP_SHARED_LIB@,$STRIP_SHARED_LIB,;t t
 s,@YACC@,$YACC,;t t
 s,@YFLAGS@,$YFLAGS,;t t
 s,@WISH@,$WISH,;t t

configure.in

 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-dnl $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v 1.175 2002/04/03 05:39:27 petere Exp $
+dnl $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v 1.176 2002/04/10 16:45:24 petere Exp $
 
 dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order:
 dnl
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ esac
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(LORDER, lorder)
 AC_PATH_PROG(TAR, tar)
+PGAC_CHECK_STRIP
 
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(YACC, ['bison -y'])
 if test -z "$YACC"; then

doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml

-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.75 2002/04/03 05:39:28 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.76 2002/04/10 16:45:25 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="installation">
  <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
@@ -983,6 +983,19 @@ All of PostgreSQL is successfully made. Ready to install.
     be granted.
    </para>
 
+   <para>
+    You can use <literal>gmake install-strip</literal> instead of
+    <literal>gmake install</literal> to strip the executable files and
+    libraries as they are installed.  This will save some space.  If
+    you built with debugging support, stripping will effectively
+    remove the debugging support, so it should only be done if
+    debugging is no longer needed.  <literal>install-strip</literal>
+    tries to do a reasonable job saving space, but it does not have
+    perfect knowledge of how to strip every unneeded byte from an
+    executable file, so if you want to save all the disk space you
+    possibly can, you will have to do manual work.
+   </para>
+
    <para>
     If you built the Perl or Python interfaces and you were not the
     root user when you executed the above command then that part of

src/Makefile.global.in

 # -*-makefile-*-
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.global.in,v 1.144 2002/03/29 17:32:54 petere Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.global.in,v 1.145 2002/04/10 16:45:25 petere Exp $
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # All PostgreSQL makefiles include this file and use the variables it sets,
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 # Meta configuration
 
-.PHONY: all install installdirs uninstall clean distclean maintainer-clean distprep check installcheck maintainer-check
+.PHONY: all install install-strip installdirs uninstall clean distclean maintainer-clean distprep check installcheck maintainer-check
 .SILENT: installdirs
 
 # make `all' the default target
@@ -228,16 +228,21 @@ BZIP2	= bzip2
 
 INSTALL	= $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/config/install-sh -c
 
-INSTALL_PROGRAM	= $(INSTALL)
+INSTALL_PROGRAM	= $(INSTALL_PROGRAM_ENV) $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG)
 INSTALL_SCRIPT	= $(INSTALL) -m 755
 INSTALL_DATA	= $(INSTALL) -m 644
-INSTALL_SHLIB	= $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_SHLIB_OPTS)
+INSTALL_STLIB	= $(INSTALL_STLIB_ENV) $(INSTALL_DATA) $(INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG)
+INSTALL_SHLIB	= $(INSTALL_SHLIB_ENV) $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_SHLIB_OPTS) $(INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG)
 # Override in Makefile.port if necessary
 INSTALL_SHLIB_OPTS = -m 755
 
 mkinstalldirs	= $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/config/mkinstalldirs
 missing		= $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/config/missing
 
+STRIP		= @STRIP@
+STRIP_STATIC_LIB = @STRIP_STATIC_LIB@
+STRIP_SHARED_LIB = @STRIP_SHARED_LIB@
+
 # Documentation
 
 JADE	= @JADE@
@@ -384,6 +389,14 @@ $(top_builddir)/config.status: $(top_srcdir)/configure
 	cd $(top_builddir) && ./config.status --recheck
 
 
+install-strip:
+	@$(MAKE) INSTALL_PROGRAM_ENV="STRIPPROG='$(STRIP)'" \
+	    INSTALL_STLIB_ENV="STRIPPROG='$(STRIP_STATIC_LIB)'" \
+	    INSTALL_SHLIB_ENV="STRIPPROG='$(STRIP_SHARED_LIB)'" \
+	    INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG=-s \
+	    install
+
+
 ##########################################################################
 #
 # Automatic dependency generation

src/Makefile.shlib

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 1998, Regents of the University of California
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.shlib,v 1.56 2001/11/11 19:20:53 momjian Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.shlib,v 1.57 2002/04/10 16:45:25 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ endif # enable_shared
 install-lib: install-lib-static install-lib-shared
 
 install-lib-static: lib$(NAME).a
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $< $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/lib$(NAME).a
+	$(INSTALL_STLIB) $< $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/lib$(NAME).a
 
 ifeq ($(enable_shared), yes)
 install-lib-shared: $(shlib)