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Re: statically linked executable size

From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
To: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
Cc: GCJ <java at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: 05 Jul 2006 18:41:15 -0600
Subject: Re: statically linked executable size
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Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com

Per> Does Elf have a mechanism to specify that this object/library requires
Per> some other library?  If so, then we can use that mechanism.

I don't know.

Bryce pointed out on irc that we don't even know how big the benefits
of this change might be.  So, we should profile first... maybe it
won't amount to much.

Per> The idea that users should have to specify which libraries to link
Per> with is something I find totally lame.

Yeah, I agree.

If we switched to BC compilation as the default, most users wouldn't
notice.

Tom

References:
- statically linked executable size
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- Re: statically linked executable size
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- Re: statically linked executable size
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- Re: statically linked executable size
  - From: Ranjit Mathew
- Re: statically linked executable size
  - From: Andrew Haley
- Re: statically linked executable size
  - From: Tom Tromey
- Re: statically linked executable size
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