Is it safe to share a shared library after linking?

Question

Suppose I got lib.so , I compile mySoft binary, and I link it to lib.so

At this point, given that everything is working as expected, is it safe or not to accept lib.so and split it into strip -s lib.so ?

To be clear, I am not interested in linking other binaries to my lib.so after mySoft is correctly generated, I am only interested in saving mySoft and getting some disk space and, possibly, a small margin in the performance conditions.

Answer 1

Yes, it is safe. strip only removes characters that are not needed (because they are already connected). These characters are useful for debugging, but they are never needed just for code execution.