> canuck15 wrote:
> >  Hi there,
> > 
> > I was wondering how Astlinux got the Asterisk files so 
> small? I would have
> > assumed a standard Asterisk install would have the same file sizes.
> > 
> > Astlinux
> > /usr/sbin/asterisk  file size 867k
> > /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/codec_ilbc.so file size 84k
> > /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/chan_sip.so file size 267k
> > 
> > Standard Asterisk
> > /usr/sbin/asterisk file size 6.2M
> > /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/codec_ilbc.so file size 877k
> > /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/chan_sip.so file size 657k
> 
> It's call stripping the binaries.  It removed unnecessary 
> comments which 
> can take up a huge amount of space (as you've seen).  It's common 
> practice to do this for embedded targets.
> 
> Darrick
> -- 
> Darrick Hartman
> DJH Solutions, LLC
> http://www.djhsolutions.com

Well you learn something new every day.  Now I know about stripping.
Thanks!  Makes a big difference.
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