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Re: static executable bloat

hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu) writes:

> May I ask if it is ok to add some flags to get a smaller static
> binary without gconv and/or wchar support? I am thinking to write
> libNoGconv.a and libNoWchar.a. People can stub out gconv and/or wchar
> with
> 
> # gcc -static .... -lNoGconv -lNoWchar

With this approach no libc change would be necessary so it is of
course ok with me.

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