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RE: Compile flags to minimize library size?

From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
To: "'Daniel Kabs'" <daniel dot kabs at gmx dot de>,<crossgcc at sourceware dot org>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:27:30 -0000
Subject: RE: Compile flags to minimize library size?

Daniel Kabs wrote:
> Hello!
> 
>> The size of libstdc++ (stripped) is about 850 kByte. To save memory space
>> I'd  like to reduce this size.
>> 
>> Is setting  TARGET_CFLAGS="-Os"  the correct way to achieve this?
> 
> I just tried it. This flag did not affect the size of libstdc++.so.6.0.3
> in any way. I guess, it's not used for building this lib.
> 
> Suggestions for other flags I could try are highly appreciated.

  CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET is sometimes the right incanatation.

  OTOH considering large chunks of the sourcecode for libstdc++ are written in
C++, I would think you also want to throw a CXXFLAGS version of one of those
into the mix!


    cheers,
      DaveK
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