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vold

7 Aug 2013 7 Aug '13

3:23 a.m.

I've built GHC 7.6.3 from source using the default "perf" settings, and all my programs are about 4 Mb bigger after linking than if I used the pre-built binary. What could be causing this? (x64 Linux with gold linker.)

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vold

7 Aug 7 Aug

3:33 a.m.

vold writes: Sorry, that wasn't completely clear. It's both the GHC binary itself and everything build by GHC which is a few MB bigger.

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4 a.m.

vold writes: Now I've noticed something even weirder - if I replace the GHC binary from the binary distribution with the one I built, the executables I produce with it are the original size.

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