From: klr03 AT banshee DOT cs DOT uow DOT edu DOT au (Karl Leslie Rudd)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: ld linker problems
Date: 26 Nov 1996 03:03:22 +1100
Organization: University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
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hs AT sbbs DOT se (Henrik) writes:

>Hi everybody! 

>ld isn't playing the way I want it to... Assume I compile these two files:

>---------- file1.cc
>char silly_buffer[10000];
>----------

>---------- file2.cc
>int main(void)
>{
>}
>----------

>and link them together with 'gcc file1.cc file2.cc', it turns out that the 
>10000 bytes buffer is included in the final output file! Since the program
>(the start of which is defined to be main(), of course) doesn't reference it, 
>I don't want it there!

[snip]

>//HSe

  Add the -fconserve-space flag to your command line. :)

  Karl