Commits on Aug 9, 2016

1. build: turn on thin static archives …

   Thin archives were disabled in 2012 as a workaround (IIRC) for obsolete
   tooling on one of Joyent's platforms.  The last binutils versions that
   didn't support them was released in 2007 so I think it's safe to assume
   we can drop support for that now - except on SmartOS, where the tooling
   still has a distinctive vintage feel to it.
   
   Thin archives save space - it shrinks the size of PRODUCT_DIR by 30% -
   and speed up the final linking step because it doesn't have to assemble
   50 MB of static archives (twice! - first to create the archive, then to
   copy it to PRODUCT_DIR).  The archives are just 3.5 MB now and no longer
   copied around.
   
   PR-URL: nodejs#7957
   Reviewed-By: Johan Bergström <bugs@bergstroem.nu>
   Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>

   

   bnoordhuis committed Aug 9, 2016
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