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From: "Markus R. Keßler" <dimke DOT fax AT uni DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Compilation and optimization using gcc
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:25:22 +0100
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DJ Delorie wrote:

> > 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.

strip bash.exe ==> 534k Apr 19 15:08 bash.exe
Great, many thanks!

Best regards,

Markus

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