"Strip" the binary: There shall be an executable "strip" with your mingw-installation. Run it on the binary and see what happens.
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Re: Self contained, small as possible app.
"Strip" the binary: There shall be an executable "strip" with your mingw-installation. Run it on the binary and see what happens.
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Re: Self contained, small as possible app.
I think 'strip' won't help since he is building in release mode.
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Re: Self contained, small as possible app.
strip does not only remove debug symbols but also unneeded symbols. So it is worth a try. It takes like 5 seconds to try out.
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Re: Self contained, small as possible app.
Afterwards: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPX
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