scripts/build: omit DWARF debug information by default

Pass -w to the Go linker to reduce binary size while retaining the
symbol table for tools that inspect Go binaries.

For a linux/arm64 build, this reduces the CLI binary from 39,809,791
to 31,310,197 bytes: a saving of 8.5 MB (21.4%).

Place the default before caller-supplied GO_LDFLAGS so builds can
retain DWARF by passing GO_LDFLAGS="-w=0".

Before

    ls -l /go/src/github.com/docker/cli/build/docker-linux-arm64
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 39809791 Oct 29 17:34 /go/src/github.com/docker/cli/build/docker-linux-arm64

After

    ls -l /go/src/github.com/docker/cli/build/docker-linux-arm64
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31310197 Oct 29 17:36 /go/src/github.com/docker/cli/build/docker-linux-arm64

Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>
This commit is contained in:
Sebastiaan van Stijn
2026-10-29 19:06:26 +01:00
parent b9312b9d88
commit 8ff6f243a2
+4 -2
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@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ if [ "$CGO_ENABLED" = "1" ] && [ "$(go env GOOS)" != "windows" ]; then
fi
export GO_BUILDMODE
GO_LDFLAGS="${GO_LDFLAGS:-}"
# Omit DWARF debug information to reduce binary size, but retain the symbol
# table for tools that inspect Go binaries. Pass GO_LDFLAGS="-w=0" to retain DWARF.
GO_LDFLAGS="-w ${GO_LDFLAGS:-}"
# Quotes are interpreted by Go's -ldflags parser, not the shell.
# shellcheck disable=SC2089
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ if [ -n "$GO_STRIP" ]; then
# /usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64/link: /usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64/link: running strip failed: exit status 1
# llvm-strip: error: unsupported load command (cmd=0x5)
# more info: https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/3717
GO_LDFLAGS="$GO_LDFLAGS -s -w"
GO_LDFLAGS="$GO_LDFLAGS -s"
fi
export GO_LDFLAGS="$GO_LDFLAGS" # https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/issues/2064