Oddities with gcc/g++ linkage

[H.J. Lu]

> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> I was messing with generating object files and linking them in separate
> phases.
> 
> The code I was using is:
>   
>   #include <stdio.h>
> 
>   int main() {
>       printf( "bool = %u\nshort = %u\nint = %u\nlong = %u\n",
>               sizeof(bool), sizeof(short), sizeof(int), sizeof(long));
>       return 0;
>       }
> 
> First test:
> 	g++ sizeof.c -o sizeof
> 	strip sizeof
> 
> On my machine that gives a binary executable size of 44k!
> 
> Second test:
> 	g++ -c sizeof.c
> 	gcc sizeof.o -o sizeof -lc
> 	strip sizeof
> 
> On my machine this gives me a binary executable size of 3k!!
> 
> Third test:
> 	g++ -c sizeof.c
> 	g++ sizeof.o -o sizeof -lc
> 	strip sizeof
> 
> This gives me a larger executable size of 44k!
> 
> All three executables works fine. 
> 
> Can anyone explain such variances in binary size?
> 

I have no problems on Linux. Make sure you configued egcs with
--enable-shared.

-- 
H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)