Re: Compiling apache

[dsb3 <dsb3@earthlink.net>]

On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, LUK ShunTim wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have to add some database support so I get the source tar ball from
>apache and re-compile it. With some minor problems, I got it worked. I
>found the that the size of the binary file was much larger that the
>original one in the distribution. I suspect that some modules are
>dynamically linked during run time. How can I do the same with my own
>compilation?
>

you possilby have a bunch of debugging information still in the binary.
try using 'strip <filename>' to see how much the size decreases.

- dave

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