Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <19990922004009.25800.rocketmail@web110.yahoomail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 17:40:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com Subject: Re: why such large exe files ? To: Joseph Rosenzweig , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Joseph Rosenzweig 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 Newbies, please visit (If you respond to the list, then please don't cc me) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com