=== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 2:19 AM Subject: Re: setup w/char* eliminated is big
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 08:35:57PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >Ok, > > finally got some breathing time. > > > >Setup with char * eliminated is ~350K. Ouch. > > > >This is why I've not committed my patch yet (I've been trying to see > >*where* the extra 100K appeared from). > > > >Chris - is this a problem? IMO it's still a tiny fraction of the total > >distribution size, and we're reducing the number of reasons a setup > >update is *required* as we make /etc/profile and so on into packages. > > I dunno. I think it probably is a problem. I assume that you're using > more of libstdc++.a which will be a problem for cross compiles. No, we're not using more of libstdc++.a. It's purely a size issue AFAICT. I'll do a test cross compile this evening. Rob
