For distribution we need to enable stripping.
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Hourihane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 12:06 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Stripping exe's
>
>
> One thing I have noticed with the new auto-import libraries
> is that the size of the exe's bloat by several hundred K. I
> don't know the technical reasons behind it, but......
>
> Anyone have any objections to me enabling the stripping of
> exe's in XFree86 ?
>
> Which puts them back to the right kind of size.
>
> The developers can always re-enable it for debugging.
>
> Alan.
>
> PS. I just reduced my /usr/X11R6/bin directory from 88MB to 38MB.
>