Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:53:01 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs Message-ID: <38FE7F1D.59E9B386@tutopia.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004191832120.74915-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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FWIW, I am sort of happy that distfiles don't fit anymore, sooner or
later a "ports sources CD set" will be good.
Anyway, JIC we reach too soon the day packages don't fit anymore,
perhaps some size optimization in the binaries would also be desirable?
>From the pgcc FAQ:
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4.6 Which compiler switches should I use for smallest code size?
The combination -O -Os will usually generate the smallest binaries. If
you don't use exceptions you can add -fno-exceptions to reduce code size
further, although newer binutils can compact the execution table and
reduce the benefits.
In C++ programs you might additionally try -fno-rtti in programs not
using runtime type information.
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cheers,
Pedro.
Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Gary Kline wrote:
>
> > This may be a wee bit obvious, but how about compressing everything
> > on all 4 CD's--except perhaps the *.TXT files or recompressing
> > everything with bzip2?
>
> You're right, it is obvious :-) Take a look sometime at how much stuff on
> the CDs is uncompressed.
>
> Using bzip2 for packages creates an ugly "universal" dependency which I
> don't think would be worth the gain.
>
> Kris
>
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