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From: scott@fred.cs.washington.edu (Scott Northrop)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: linking gcc object files on vax/vms
Keywords: gcc vms
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Date: 29 Jul 89 19:08:13 GMT
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In article <8832@june.cs.washington.edu> scott@fred.cs.washington.edu (Scott Northrop) writes:
>(mkemi@jupiter.dk writes:)
>>	How do I reduce the size of my executables?
>Link to the shareable image that is always in memory - that way your
>executable uses code that it doesn't carry around. Like so:
>	$ link hello, sys$library:vaxcrtl.exe/share
>That should bring the executable down to a more manageable size, like 3k.

Boy, I screwed the pooch on that one. It's sys$share, not sys$library, and you
should have it and the non-shareable library in an option file. Take #2:

	$ create c.opt
	sys$library:vaxcrtl.olb/library
	sys$share:vaxcrtl.exe/share
	^Z
	$ link hello, c.opt/opt