Re: [gtkmm] Executable size

[Roel Vanhout <roel riks nl>]

Marco Scholten wrote:
> look like a graet tool, but  how reliable is this?
> does it work with programs compiled with other compilers than gcc?

I think theoretically it does, as long as that compiler uses the same 
debugging symbol format gcc uses. (see man gcc for the same of that 
format, can't remember).

> I tried the windows version of strip on an exacutable compiled with vb6 ,
> that didn't work (not that i expected it to)

No that won't work, and it won't work on a VC-generated executable.

cheers,

roel


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ainsley Pereira" <gtkmm pebble org uk>
> To: <gtkmm-list gnome org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [gtkmm] Executable size
>
>
>
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 08:51:10AM +0000, Thiago Silva wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry, what?
> >
> > strip, the utility to remove debug info/unnecessary symbols.
> >
> > ~$ ls -l a.out
> > -rwxrwxr-x   1 marble users   11684 Sep 22 13:12 a.out
> > ~$ strip a.out
> > ~$ ls -l a.out
> > -rwxrwxr-x   1 marble users    3936 Sep 22 13:12 a.out
> >
> > ~A.
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