nodejs
OpenSSL include files double NodeJS install size, starting with Node 18
Version
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Platform
Linux 02e1190386f1 5.15.49-linuxkit #1 SMP Tue Sep 13 07:51:46 UTC 2022 x86_64 Linux
Darwin C02YR4FKLVDQ 20.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 20.6.0: Mon Aug 30 06:12:21 PDT 2021; root:xnu-7195.141.6~3/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
Subsystem
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What steps will reproduce the bug?
Examine Docker images
- node:20-alpine3.16
- node:16-alpine3.16
or
- ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.19.1
- ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.1
du -sk | sort -n
down through the directories, you'll find an extra 48-54 MB of cross platform include files in
/usr/local/include/node/openssl
How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?
Node 18 and Node 20, all versions
What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?
Don't bloat out Node with unused header files
What do you see instead?
A different way to link files, or a tarball perhaps
Additional information
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Duplicate of https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/46451. There was a previous attempt to reduce the size but it caused problems and was reverted https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/46451#issuecomment-1411120396.
