I did a "make install" on it, that strips out such symbols in general AIUI but I will run sstrip over it just to be sure. Still... would have to be 500 ishMB of symbols
I think it's because I enabled mhtml, web audio, introspection, video and a few other bits... building a 1.8.1 now with practically everything turned "off" (much like debian wheezy) as a sanity test.
But , yeah, Strip. Good thought. Thanks