On Thu, Jun 11, 2009, Shlomi Fish wrote about "Re: Why is GNU/Linux so Bloated?": > I've compared the size of the Linux .so file (after -Os and strip) to the > size > of the Windows MSVC-generated .dll. > > With gcc -Os before strip - 86,464 bytes > same after strip - 74,584
Shlomi, what did you expect "strip" to do for the shared object? It definitely does not, and cannot, remove the *dynamic* symbol table which is needed to link this library. Try "nm -D" on your library to see the dynamic symbol table even after the strip. Is it possible that gcc saves a lot of crap in this symbol table that Windows doesn't? Finally, I have no idea what your makefile looks like, but make sure that you do not accidentally statically-link the C library into your shared object. You'll want to dynamically-link it (to add a dependency), but not statically link it (which will add some actual code from the C library into your shared library). -- Nadav Har'El | Sunday, Jun 14 2009, 22 Sivan 5769 n...@math.technion.ac.il |----------------------------------------- Phone +972-523-790466, ICQ 13349191 |Sign in pool: "Welcome to our OOL. Notice http://nadav.harel.org.il |there is no P, please keep it that way." _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
