On 22/08/13 13:51, Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:34:45PM +0200, David Sommerseth wrote: >> * openvpn-build issues + snappy topic. >> >> "The problem is that snappy pulls in a 8MB library as a dependency, >> increasing installer size considerably " >> >> Is this really a problem? It's not a small library, but it could still >> be worse. > > The 8MB library is libstdc++, which can be statically linked if we figure > out how (this is on *windows*). Libsnappy is tiny.
Ahh, that explains things better. I understood it was libsnappy itself which was that massive. Then it makes sense to figure out how to resolve that part. > And yes, this is a relevant difference if the overall installer without > libstdc++ is just 1.7 Mb sized today > > 1723560 Jan 18 2013 openvpn-install-2.3.0-I001-x86_64.exe > > (And no, making the installer even bigger by shipping two binaries > *and* the huge library is not a good plan :-)) Fair enough :) -- kind regards, David Sommerseth
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