From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: How to reduce .EXE file size using RHIDE?
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:24:42 -0300, salvador <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
wrote:

>Damian Yerrick wrote:
>
>> But the OP wanted an option to create a "release" project (in addition
>> to a "debug" project) that would automatically run UPX on the result
>> of stubify.
>
>It can be done. The user should read RHIDE's documentation. You can override the
>linking rules and you can add UPX after ld, but I don't see it as a good idea.
>The excecutable should be compressed *only* during the creation of the package.

That's about what I suggested.  For instance, MSVC project files
contain a "debug" project for development and a "release" project for
creating packages.

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