[Lazarus] Lazarus Package Library (lpk) - Linking question

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:31:46 +0100
Sven Barth <pascaldragon at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 08.12.2011 19:46, Krzysztof wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > For example BGRAControls package. If I drop TBGRAButton on form,
> > Lazarus automatically add BGRAControls package as required in project
> > inspector. Then, If I build project, it seems that compiler adds all
> > controls from this package to exe even if I don't use them, because if
> > I delete BGRAControls package from required section and add path to
> > BGRAButton unit manually, then exe is much smaller. How does it work?
> > Exists any compilator optimization switch for strip unused units from
> > project packages?

Remove the unit BGRAControls from the uses section.
Or use "refactoring / unused units ...".
 
> You might try to disable the option "Add package unit to uses-clause" in 
> the options of the package and see if that helps (I don't know whether 
> it does indeed help, but it's one of the first things I do if I create a 
> package or use one).

It's the default for new packages since some months. 


Mattias