$ diff -u <(strings -n 10 build/libsystemd.so.0.40.0.0 | sort) <(strings -n 10 build/libsystemd.so.0.40.0 | sort)
--- /proc/self/fd/11 2025-05-31 15:17:16.968761963 +0200
+++ /proc/self/fd/12 2025-05-31 15:17:16.970159823 +0200
@@ -3860,11 +3860,6 @@
Failed to fstat() journal file '%s', ignoring: %m
Failed to fstat %s: %m
Failed to get basic: %m
-Failed to get device "ACTION" property, ignoring: %m
-Failed to get device "DEVNUM" property, ignoring: %m
-Failed to get device "DISKSEQ" property, ignoring: %m
-Failed to get device "IFINDEX" property, ignoring: %m
-Failed to get device "SEQNUM" property, ignoring: %m
Failed to get device "%s" property, ignoring: %m
Failed to get inode number of pidfd for pid %i: %m
Failed to get peer's socket address, ignoring: %m
$ ls -l build/libsystemd.so.0.40.0{,.0}
-rwxr-xr-x 1 zbyszek zbyszek 7631640 May 31 15:16 build/libsystemd.so.0.40.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 zbyszek zbyszek 7635736 May 31 15:16 build/libsystemd.so.0.40.0.0
$ size build/libsystemd.so.0.40.0{,.0}
text data bss dec hex filename
1241382 56185 3554 1301121 13da81 build/libsystemd.so.0.40.0
1241606 56185 3554 1301345 13db61 build/libsystemd.so.0.40.0.0
So the savings are ~4kB, which is more than I expected.
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