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Why are the installed Xcodes so huge? #10
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dittoinstead ofcphelps:$ du -shc Xcode* 3.9G Xcode-6.2.appThis is consistent with the size inside the DMG:
Volumes boris$ du -sch Xcode/ 3.9G Xcode/
Still begs the question why it is bigger than the App Store download.
OK, the rest of the difference in sizes seems to be attributable to differences in stripped symbols:
+ cp /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Resources/libCGCorePDF.dylib app-store.dylib + cp /Applications/Xcode-6.3.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Resources/libCGCorePDF.dylib dmg.dylib + diff app-store.dylib dmg.dylib Binary files app-store.dylib and dmg.dylib differ + strip -S -X -x -c app-store.dylib dmg.dylib + diff app-store.dylib dmg.dylibDon't really want to strip those symbols manually, so I guess a 📡 is in order.
Filed: http://www.openradar.me/20512651
There's nothing that can be done apart from that right now.
$ du -shc Xcode* 5.9G Xcode-6.2.app 5.9G Xcode-6.3.appbut App Store versions are ~2.5GB - I guess using
cp -Ris the correct way to copy stuff over and symlinks, etc. are retained by it. Maybe hard links or something else thatcpdestroys?