[Build] MAC static library 1.17.0 : very big in size

[sarojlo]

Describe the issue

• Compiled the code for MAC arm64/x64 , need static library , buildType minSizeRel
• Used libtool to stich all libraries
  a. libtool -static -o libabsl.a libabsl_*.a
  b. libtool -static -o libonnxruntime_static.a libclog.a libcpuinfo.a libonnxruntime_optimizer.a libonnxruntime_util.a libonnxruntime_common.a libonnxruntime_flatbuffers.a libonnxruntime_framework.a libonnxruntime_graph.a libonnxruntime_mlas.a libonnxruntime_providers.a libflatbuffers.a libonnx.a libonnxruntime_session.a libonnx_proto.a libprotobuf-lite.a libre2.a libnsync_cpp.a libabsl.a

3. Resulted library is 1+GB

Urgency

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Target platform

MAC

Build script

python3 $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/onnxruntime/tools/ci_build/build.py --config MinSizeRel --skip_tests --build_dir MacOS --osx_arch $(platform) --use_xcode --parallel --apple_deploy_target 11.0

Error / output

Built library are big

Visual Studio Version

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GCC / Compiler Version

No response

[sarojlo]

i see liboonxruntime_providers is causing most of it

[skottmckay]

Guessing all the debug symbols are still there and you might need to use strip to remove them.

[sarojlo]

let me try that , but still overall size were not that big without striping in 1.14

[skottmckay]

You could use bloaty to investigate further (requires the symbols though).

[skottmckay]

Assuming it was due to debug symbols. Re-open if further investigation is needed.