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

[Sven Barth]

Am 08.12.2011 23:24, schrieb 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.

I haven't used 0.9.31 since some months, so.... ;)

Regards,
Sven