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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:00:45 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Compilation and optimization using gcc
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> When compiling, let's say, Bash 2.04, the exe file I get is 1.3 MB but
> the downloaded one out of the binaries from delorie.com is 560k. As
> described in the "readme" I ran "./configure" and then "make". Everthing
> seems to be well, except, regarding the size of the exe file. Or, is it
> necessary to optimize the compile / link procedure manually?

Files on delorie.com are normally stripped (strip foo.exe) and
compressed (with upx).

Try strip first; it's easy and probably all you need.