Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 16:09:09 +0200 (IST) From: Eli Zaretskii X-Sender: eliz AT is To: pavenis AT lanet DOT lv cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: -g vs -s In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 pavenis AT lanet DOT lv wrote: > Yes. Usualy we can find some workaround for problems some change > causes. But I'm afraid this would require also novices to do such > changes (messing with RHIDE-* macros, etc). If we remeber -lstdcx > problem in rhide... . I'm afraid this would cause at least the same > amount of questions as -lstdcxx/-lstdcx problem. Even if we update > current versions to use -s by default, many poeple will still use > outdated versions (and mix new ones and outdated ones) and will run > into a trouble. > > I think that the best is to avoid such hack I will let others tell what they think. It would be nice to remove some of the stuipid recurring FAQs, but if this comes for a price that most of us think is too high, then all I can say is "Too bad". Anyway, I guess there will be enough wiseguys who will ask about large executables even if it will be 110K instead of 250K.