Statically linked binary way way too big

[Steven J. Hill]

Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> I needed to statically link an application.
> I ended up with a.out of 406400 bytes after strip.
> 
> Based on release announcements ("we don't want
> to hear about size") and discussions with Linus
> seen in archive I know that glibc does not try
> to minimize library size, but nearly half a megabyte
> can never be right.
> 
> Is there some problems with linker? Does it discard
> all unused sections?
 >
You might have a look at uClibc (http://www.uclibc.org/).
We care about size of applications and the libraries. You
might have better luck with it.

-Steve