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Date: | Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:03:45 +0200 |
From: | "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org> |
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Subject: | Re: Reducing size of executables in binary distributions |
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> Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 12:52:26 +0100 > From: Manuel Collado <m DOT collado AT aaron DOT ls DOT fi DOT upm DOT es> > > >>Perhaps the difference in sizes is due to different compiler/library > >>versions. > > > > No, the difference is only 2KB and is due to different ways the binary > > was stripped and/or different Binutils version (`strip' is part of > > Binutils). The 2K difference is due to alignment considerations (it's > > a long story). > > I was speaking about the difference between the executable in the *s.zip > file and the executable rebuilt from sources: > > 324,608 - 294,912 = 29,696 In that case, I believe your guess is correct: it's because of the difference in compiler versions (I don't think the library has changed so much since then).
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