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Re: openssh static size. and -ffunction-sections


On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 03:00:11PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
> To: <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 2:58 PM
> Subject: Re: openssh static size. and -ffunction-sections
> 
> 
> > On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 02:53:59PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> > >Just a thought: was the openssl static libraries built
> > >with -ffunction-sections?
> > >
> > >If not, then that may be why the openssh static binaries where so big
> > >and so I think that -ffunction-sections should be mandatory for
> > >packagers, unless the libraries sources is one-function-per-file
> > >structured (which achieves the same thing).

It wasn't built with -ffunction-sections.  That's a problem if the
maintainer doesn't even know that switch :-)

I could add it but, hmm, OpenSSH is now linked against the OpenSSL
DLLs and I've just had a look into the OpenSSL build tree.  It
already consists of many many single object files.  Most functionality
is already encapsulated in a single small source file, AFAICS.  Does
the -ffunction-sections option still makes sense then?

Corinna

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