Strip symbols from executable
lazarus / 9-Editor

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Anonymous · 2004-12-07 22:45

Hi all,
there is a problem with "Strip symbols from executable" -Xs in
compiler options->linking. I'm trying to strip out all debugging infos
in order to reduce the executable size, but the compiler seems to
ignore -Xs option: without -Xs I obtain 5 mb; with -Xs 8 mb... :shock:
Now I'm using strip.exe utility.

My Lazarus version is win32 0.9.2 beta

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Vincent Snijders · 2004-12-08 08:18

Did you disable generating debug info and line number info?

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Anonymous · 2004-12-08 12:56

Yes, I did it. No way to strip out... :/

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Anonymous · 2004-12-17 11:49

I have the same problem: swithced to strip.exe and upx

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Lightning · 2004-12-17 13:31

Good old console does the trick

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marmin · 2005-03-03 23:22

I d-loaded the newest WIN32 version, still, the 'Strip' option don't
work.
manually strip does, indeed, the trick.

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G-Man · 2005-04-08 00:39

I am new here . I have used Delphi 5, 6, 7 . I allso am haveing a
problem with the Strip............
THanks For the comment's

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Lightning · 2005-04-08 10:14

Type "strip --strip-all yourapp" in the console.

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johny_cage · 2005-04-08 11:02

I recommend you to search the forum, there are a few topics which are
resolving this problem.
1. Go to the:
<Lazarus dir>\pp\bin\i386-win32\strip --strip-all file.exe
file.exe must be in the strip directory
2. download the upx:
<upx dir>\upx -9 source_file.exe -o output_file.exe
3. From 5 to 8 megs it decreases executabel file to 400-600 KB of
normal form with a few components

On the linux you should look for /usr/share/<Lazarus dir>
Type man strip in the console

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Anonymous · 2005-05-22 16:53

The problem probably lies in ld.exe so even using strip --strip-all
seems do not stripping all symbols