Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:48:22 +0100 From: Dominic Marks <dominic_marks@btinternet.com> To: Alex Zepeda <jazepeda@pacbell.net> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/binutils - Imported sources Message-ID: <20020413094822.B61253@host213-123-130-182.in-addr.bto> In-Reply-To: <20020413083636.GA634@zippy.mybox.zip>; from jazepeda@pacbell.net on Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 01:36:37AM -0700 References: <200204121934.g3CJYhf68745@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020412214622.GC56084@leviathan.inethouston.net> <20020413005958.A12540@host213-123-130-182.in-addr.bto> <20020413083636.GA634@zippy.mybox.zip>
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On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 01:36:37AM -0700, Alex Zepeda wrote: > On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 12:59:59AM +0100, Dominic Marks wrote: > > > As objprelink porter/maintainer (+ help from will) I can tell you that > > it's costs outway its benefits. The improvement in performance could > > be described as minimal at best. It won't be used with KDE3 (its minor > > speed boost becomes meaningless). I suggest just pulling it out of > > your KDE build if it is causing you problems. Its not worth fighting > > with it. > > While I agree that objprelink isn't worth the hassle, KDE3 hasn't really > rendered its minor speed boost meaningless. A more worthwhile endeavor > would be to start filtering what goes in a library's export table. > Smaller tables == faster loading. Currently everything's exported, and > given how Qt (ab)uses C++ and the piss poor way in which C++ is handled by > the binutils... there are loads of useless symbols bloating the libraries. As long as it works correctly and doesn't cause working applications to break in strange and wonderful ways, I agree. There has been evidence to suggest objprelink has created a number of reliability problems in certain applications. Anyway, this subject is for the KDE people to discuss. :) > - alex -- Dominic To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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