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From: barry@confusion.ADS.COM (Barry Lustig)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11R3 problems with GCC1.35 (Medium long)
Keywords: GCC1.35, X11R3, Purdue++, 9 Patches, Sun4/260, SunOS Sys4-3.2
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Date: 3 Jun 89 06:09:42 GMT
References: <195@opusc.CS.SCAROLINA.EDU>
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In article <195@opusc.CS.SCAROLINA.EDU> bert@cs.scarolina.edu (Bert Still) writes:
	
		I compiled the X11R3 (all 9 patches, and Purdue 2++ speedups)
	with GCC1.35 using -g -O -fwritable-strings -fpcc-struct-return
	-fcombine-regs on my Sun 4/260, running Sun Sys4-3.2 (OS3.2).  I got
	binaries that were **much** larger than the ones produced by Sun's
	cc -O.  
	
	...
	
	total 101991 (17367)
	   1    (1) X		3496  (312) x10tox11	3496  (400) xlogo
	2864  (936) Xsun	3624  (416) xbiff	1536  (192) xlsfonts
	  56   (48) atobm	2016  (264) xcalc	 976  (160) xlswins

	....

When you compile a file with the "-g" flag turned on, the compiler
produces symbol table information for the binary.  Try running the Sun
C compiler with the "-g" flag turned on or, try running gcc with "-g"
turned off.


barry