> > I am using only one function from that library, which must be very small in > size. > e.g. tk_strlen.
> Problem is that my execuable size increases a lot. > Though I am using only one function from that library, I think my executable > gets > bundled with all the functions. ****** maybe you can extract the object file from archive and then link only that. But my guess is ld is extracting all the dependencies of the function and linking it in. So you may not get reduction in size (its already minimum). Compare symbols in executable by using 'readelf' and 'nm'. HTH, ~Gitesh -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
