If you mean "5mb larger than the one in the Raspbian repository" then I'd guess it's cause they're linking to a shared OpenSSL and zlib (maybe even V8), whereas when you compile it manually those get statically linked to the node binary (resulting in a larger size due to the additional symbols).
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Ben Noordhuis <i...@bnoordhuis.nl> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Mike <mike.hatal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Given a node binary, any easy way of determining what options were passed to >> ./configure when the binary was built? > > Yes, for certain values of 'easy'. > > $ node -pe process.config > { target_defaults: > { cflags: [], > default_configuration: 'Release', > defines: [], > include_dirs: [], > libraries: [] }, > variables: > { clang: 0, > gcc_version: 46, > host_arch: 'x64', > node_install_npm: true, > node_install_waf: true, > node_prefix: '/home/bnoordhuis/opt/node', > node_shared_openssl: false, > node_shared_v8: false, > node_shared_zlib: false, > node_unsafe_optimizations: 0, > node_use_dtrace: false, > node_use_etw: false, > node_use_openssl: true, > target_arch: 'x64', > v8_no_strict_aliasing: 1, > v8_use_snapshot: true } } > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en