Re: Executable size with GNAT for Windows and Linux

["Joachim Schröer" <joachim.schroeer@dornier.eads.net>]

Duncan Sands wrote:

> On Monday 06 May 2002 12:06 pm, Preben Randhol wrote:
> 
>>On 05 May 2002 21:58:42 +0200, Michael Bode wrote:
>>
>>>I've found the size of executables to differ considerably under
>>>Windows and Linux.  The hello.adb that comes with gnat 3.13p has under
>>>Linux this size:
>>>
>>>gnatmake -g hello.adb
>>>
>>did you compile with -g ? That would include debugging information.
>>Compile without -g.
>>
> 
> The linker option -s strips out debugging info and some other symbols.
> 
> Duncan.
> 

That switch is not documented in the GNAT User's Guide I have
(GNAT Version 3.14p, Date: 2001/05/10 16:08:26).
When I use it one of my Exes shrinks from 15 Mb to 3.5 Mb.
But the switch eliminates the binder switch -E which generates
a readable stacktrace when using
Gnat.Traceback_Symbolic.Symbolic_Traceback.
When using -bargs -E -largs -s the generated stacktrace only
contains addresses, no filenames and linenumbers.

	J. Schr�er