On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > I did not change any configuration options. I compiled the older package with > the latest GNU gcc/g++ 2.7.*, and the new one with egcc/eg++. xpdf makes > quite heavy use of C++, but as it worked with GNU g++ for years, I think we > can exclude templates, exceptions, ... And yes, the new one is stripped as > well. > > Isn't the size increase a bit much ? Comments ?
It's related to the fact that egcs does exception handling - add -fno-exceptions to your CFLAGS, and you'll get a shorter binary. LLaP bero -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ/UIN 6545964 - http://www.star-trek.ml.org/ -- "Nobody will ever need more than 640k RAM!" -- Bill Gates, 1981 "Windows 95 needs at least 8 MB RAM." -- Bill Gates, 1996 "Nobody will ever need Windows 95." -- logical conclusion -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
