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Date:	Tue, 21 Sep 1999 17:40:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To:	earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject:	Re: why such large exe files ?
To:	Joseph Rosenzweig <sleepysamjaya AT netscape DOT net>,
	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- Joseph Rosenzweig <sleepysamjaya AT netscape DOT net> wrote:
> I upgraded to version 20.1 and egcs 2.95
> and now when I compile my programs
> using the same options as before
> the exe files are over 300 KB.
> Before with version 20 the same
> programs were only maybe
> 20 KB. I think maybe there is some
> default option in the compiler or
> linker that is different. I would
> rather have smaller exe files what
> can I do?
> 
> Thanks for any info
> 

This isn't a real problem.  The libraries have debug info in them and get built
into your program.  Strip my.exe will reduce the size of the binary.
===
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>

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