Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 18:38:11 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Why does gcc make such big binaries?
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On Tue, 20 May 1997, John M. Aldrich wrote:

> > The DJGPP compiler (GCC) needs to have some more kbytes on your program;
> > Remember: If you compile with -s you'll not put the comments int the exe
> > file (the -s isn't default);
> 
> It's the debugging information that is removed by '-s'.  Comments are
> never included in object code - they are simply ignored.

DJ, how about changing lib/specs so that -s is used by default unless
they say -g?  I'm sick and tired of seeing this question, even though
it is now so well-known that I don't have to answer it myself.