Gcc 2.95.2

Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
Tue Feb 1 15:20:00 GMT 2000


Mike Stump <mrs@windriver.com> said:
> > eduardooliveira@telefonicacelular.com.br said:
> > I have updated my G++ from version 2.7 to 2.95.2, on a alpha-dec
> > osf4.0 system.  It works fine, but my .o files have growth about 3
> > times (example: from 45.000 to 115.200 bytes). Was there any change
> > on compiler options, such -s?

> Check to see if the issue is static v dynamic libraries.  Next,
> compile with -fno-rtti and -fno-exceptions if you don't need to use
> them.  And lastly, -Os will optimize for space, if you want.

It might be symbol table (or other such) bloat too. Check the flags used
when compiling; look at what size(1) tells you.
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