as far as I know, objcopy is able to move debug symbols (compiled with -g flag) outside from an executable binary. I found this question, but there are only generic methods for symbol outsourcing.
But what can I do when my executable is using some really large .so and .a files?
I would like to profile my application in a small environment where is not enough place for the debug symbols. The entire project was built with -g option. The debug symbols are needed later only when the profile log is processed.
You can strip debug symbols:
strip --strip-debug object.so