Strip the executables in order to reduce their size

Updated the python submodule.
The newer submodule will create smaller static python libraries.

.github/workflows/pr-pipeline.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: gdb-static-pr-pipeline
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        architecture: ["x86_64", "arm", "aarch64", "powerpc", "mips", "mipsel"]
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        submodules: recursive
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y wget
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: make build-${{ matrix.architecture }} -j$((`nproc`+1))

.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yaml

@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-name: gdb-static-pipeline
+name: gdb-static-release-pipeline
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - '*'
   push:
     tags:
       - 'v*'
 
+# Use a non-parallel single job pipeline because artifacts weigh too much. Instead,
+# simply build the files in the same job they are released.
 jobs:
-  build:
+  build_and_publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
@@ -26,14 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Pack
       run: make pack
 
-    - name: Upload artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: gdb-static
-        path: build/artifacts/gdb-static*.tar.gz
-
     - name: Publish release
-      if: github.event_name == 'push'
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
       with:
-        files: build/artifacts/gdb-static*.tar.gz
+        files: build/artifacts/gdb-static*.tar.gz

src/compilation/build.sh

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function set_compliation_variables() {
         CROSS=mipsel-linux-gnu-
         export HOST=mipsel-linux-gnu
     elif [[ "$target_arch" == "x86_64" ]]; then
-        CROSS=""
+        CROSS=x86_64-linux-gnu-
         export HOST=x86_64-linux-gnu
     fi
 
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ function set_compliation_variables() {
 
     export CFLAGS="-O2"
     export CXXFLAGS="-O2"
+
+    # Strip the binary to reduce it's size.
+    export LDFLAGS="-s"
 }
 
 function set_ncurses_link_variables() {