Re: gtk1.3 vs gtk1.2 size.

[Nils Olav Selåsdal <noselasd frisurf no>]

On Tue, 2002-01-08 at 11:49, mallum wrote:
> Hi all;
> 
> I successfully compiled gtk1.3 on my Strong ARM box ( for use on my
> ipaq ). It seems to run most tests ok. However I noticed the main
> libgtk-x is now 2.5 Mb ( stripped ) compared to 1.5Mb of gtk 1.2 ,
> 
> Why is the newer gtk so much bigger ? Is there anyway to make it
> smaller ?
It certanly provides more features, so its bigger. Maybe you compiled
in debug symbols in your new library? You can strip those away:
strip -g libXXX
Or strip all symbols away:
strip libXXX
Read your manpage for strip, and DO ONLY DO THIS IF YOU KNOW STRIPPING
LIBRARIS WORK!

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Nils Olav Selåsdal <NOS Utel no>
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