Bug#593655: gcc-snapshot: binaries get much larger then with 4.5

["Steinar H. Gunderson" <sgunderson@bigfoot.com>]

Package: gcc-snapshot
Version: 20100814-1

Hi,

I noticed that gcc-snapshot makes markedly larger binaries with -Os than
gcc-4.5 does (well, granted, there's a few other options in the mix); it 
led me to ponder if this could be the issue:

  fugl:~> cat test.c 
  void foo() {}
  fugl:~> /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/bin/gcc -c test.c
  fugl:~> size test.o
     text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
       61	      0	      0	     61	     3d	test.o
  fugl:~> gcc-4.5 -c test.c                             
  fugl:~> size test.o      
     text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
        5	      0	      0	      5	      5	test.o

It seems gcc-snapshot unconditionally (even with -fno-exceptions) includes an
.eh_frame section. It doesn't seem to get stripped out on link either; the
problem persists:

  fugl:~> cat test.c                                     
  int main(int argc, char **argv) { return 0; }
  fugl:~> /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/bin/gcc -Os -s -o test test.c 
  fugl:~> ls -l test                                         
  -rwxr-xr-x 1 sesse sesse 2916 2010-08-20 00:59 test
  fugl:~> gcc-4.5 -Os -s -o test test.c                             
  fugl:~> ls -l test                   
  -rwxr-xr-x 1 sesse sesse 2784 2010-08-20 00:59 test

Do you know any good reasons for this increase in size?

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