Re: why my cygwin kannel binary file (bearerbox.exe) is so big?

lansea wrote:
> 
> I have download the kannel cvs cygwin port from
> http://kannel.dev.wapme.net/dist/binaries/Kannel-1.1.x-cvs.exe ,and
> found the kannel binary file is very small, smsbox.exe 72k
> ,bearerbox.exe 137k, wapbox.exe 157k
> ,but when I build the source in my cygwin machine ( cygwin 1.3.10
> ,windows 2000), after I strip the binary file, I got smsbox.exe 633k
> ,bearerbox.exe 822k, wapbox.exe 885k. my configure is
> 
> ./configure --disable-docs --disable-ssl --with-defaults=speed
> 
> why my cygwin kannel binary file (bearerbox.exe) is so big?

the answer is simple, I used a executable compression tool called
"upx" to make the .exe files as small as possible.

So there was no woodo magic involved :)

Stipe

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