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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).