sven-dmlr
commented
4 years ago Solution: add -ldflags="-s -w" to go build command.
Comparison: Before:
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 8536688 Feb 5 13:14 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/darwin-amd64/sechub
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 7316532 Feb 5 13:14 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/linux-386/sechub
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 8512114 Feb 5 13:14 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/linux-amd64/sechub
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 8245907 Feb 5 13:14 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/linux-arm64/sechub
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 7448130 Feb 5 13:14 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/linux-arm/sechub
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 7270912 Feb 5 13:14 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/windows-386/sechub.exe
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 8367104 Feb 5 13:14 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/windows-amd64/sechub.exeAfter:
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 6025840 Feb 5 14:13 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/darwin-amd64/sechub
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 4637312 Feb 5 14:13 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/linux-386/sechub
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 5509056 Feb 5 14:13 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/linux-amd64/sechub
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 5088608 Feb 5 14:13 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/linux-arm64/sechub
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 4661160 Feb 5 14:13 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/linux-arm/sechub
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 4602880 Feb 5 14:13 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/windows-386/sechub.exe
-rwxrwxr-x 1 developer developer 5465088 Feb 5 14:13 sechub-cli/build/go/platform/windows-amd64/sechub.exe
The resulted binaries can be made at least 30% smaller by stripping off the debugging informations. This is done by use of the -s and -w linker flags when compiling.