#3571: Bizzarely bloated binaries
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 6.10.4
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Testcase:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by guest):
I'm finding it very hard to believe that this data really is useless. It
remains in the object file whether I used ld 2.17.50, 2.18.50 or 2.19.1 to
do the final link. However, running "strip" on the executable has a
similar effect and indeed ensures that the PE image size is not exceeded
by the file length.
The actual binary contents of the EXE's useless rump is strange. It is a
mixture of z-encoded symbols, section names (.rodata, .bss, .data, .txt),
and purely binary data.
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