[Lazarus] Size of program executable very big...

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:05:14 +0100
Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com> wrote:

> Mattias Gaertner schrieb:
> 
> >>> When you create a new build mode in Lazarus the current one is copied.
> >> Why that?
> > 
> > Because normally you want to change only a few things like optimization
> > flags and keep the rest (e.g. search paths, target file name,
> > verbosity, ...).
> 
> The *rest* is of my concern. It should not be copied, instead be used as 
> is, in every mode.
> 
> What fun when you debug a new version, and then ship the old one, built 
> from the old release build mode :-(

Ehm, maybe you misunderstood the term "build mode" in
Lazarus?

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/IDE_Window:_Compiler_Options#Build_modes

Mattias