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[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2015-05-07 17:54 GMT+02:00 Sandro Cumerlato <sandro.cumerlato at gmail.com>:

> I'd like to recommend you to STRIP and UPX executables under Windows.
>
> Initial executables size:
> lazarus.exe  170859359 bytes (*)
> lazbuild.exe  52797635 bytes
> startlazarus.exe  15897492 bytes
>
> after STRIP and UPX:
> lazarus.exe  4093952 bytes (*)
> lazbuild.exe  1653760 bytes
> startlazarus.exe  1653760 bytes
>
> executables size is reduced to:
> lazarus.exe  2% of the original size
> lazbuild.exe  3% of the original size
> startlazarus.exe  10% of the original size
>
> ...and Lazarus (*) starts as a real cheetah! :)
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>

Some anti-virus software consider UPXed executables as potentially
dangerous. So while this idea often works, I suggest it is better left as
an option to the users.

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
(davitof)

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