executable size differs after Compile and Build
lazarus / 62-General

----------------------------------------------------------------------
mm7 · 2020-06-13 18:39

If I Build, executable size is 52 MB.
If I Compile after this, executable size is 48 MB.

The only difference is "-B" (Build all modules) for Build.
Does it mean Compile does not link modules that have been built
before?

In doc https://edoras.sdsu.edu/doc/fpc/user.pdf, pg 28 stated:
Quote-B Re-compile all used units, even if the unit sources didn’t
change since the last compilation.

so, what is not included into Compiled executable?

Linux, FPC 3.0.4

----------------------------------------------------------------------
jamie · 2020-06-13 18:47

Have you tried that using a External Debug file?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
howardpc · 2020-06-13 19:57

Perhaps your Build command does not include smartlinking, but your
Compile command does?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
mm7 · 2020-06-13 21:22

> Have you tried that using a External Debug file?

yes, the difference is in the External Debug file
but, why?

> Perhaps your Build command does not include smartlinking, but your
Compile command does?

Again, I've compared the commands. The only difference is -B.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
PascalDragon · 2020-06-14 09:11

You can add the -Xm option to get a map file that contains a listing
of everything that is contained. You can then compare the two files to
see what gets left out.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
mm7 · 2020-06-14 14:59

I've added -Xm.
No .map generated.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cyrax · 2020-06-14 17:05

https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33982

Support for generating map file under Linux OS was added recently to
the trunk and probably merged to next release version (3.2.0) of FPC
compiler. 3.0.4 doesn't have such functionality but maybe mm7 can add
extra linker option (-k"-Map out.map") to generate it.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
mm7 · 2020-06-14 21:55

got maps.
lots of differences there.

For example in build map there are more $_Ld123 records
Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i grep
'\$_Ld[0-9]\+' out.map.cmp | wc -l137536 grep '\$_Ld[0-9]\+'
out.map.bld | wc -l146786

----------------------------------------------------------------------
mm7 · 2020-06-16 15:25

So, why debug info would be different?