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| 36 | contains perl interpreter, libc, all the modules you need, all the |
36 | contains perl interpreter, libc, all the modules you need, all the |
| 37 | libraries you need and of course your actual program. |
37 | libraries you need and of course your actual program. |
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| 39 | With uClibc and upx on x86, you can create a single 500kb binary that |
39 | With uClibc and upx on x86, you can create a single 500kb binary that |
| 40 | contains perl and 100 modules such as POSIX, AnyEvent, EV, IO::AIO, Coro |
40 | contains perl and 100 modules such as POSIX, AnyEvent, EV, IO::AIO, Coro |
| 41 | and so on. Or any other choice of modules. |
41 | and so on. Or any other choice of modules (and some other size :). |
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| 43 | To see how this turns out, you can try out smallperl and bigperl, two |
43 | To see how this turns out, you can try out smallperl and bigperl, two |
| 44 | pre-built static and compressed perl binaries with many and even more |
44 | pre-built static and compressed perl binaries with many and even more |
| 45 | modules: just follow the links at <http://staticperl.schmorp.de/>. |
45 | modules: just follow the links at <http://staticperl.schmorp.de/>. |
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| 1026 | good experiences with GCC 4.4.x but not GCC 4.5. |
1026 | good experiences with GCC 4.4.x but not GCC 4.5. |
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| 1028 | To minimise code size, I used "-pipe -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections |
1028 | To minimise code size, I used "-pipe -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections |
| 1029 | -finline-limit=8 -fno-builtin-strlen -mtune=i386". The "-mtune=i386" |
1029 | -finline-limit=8 -fno-builtin-strlen -mtune=i386". The "-mtune=i386" |
| 1030 | doesn't decrease codesize much, but it makes the file much more |
1030 | doesn't decrease codesize much, but it makes the file much more |
| 1031 | compressible. |
1031 | compressible (and the execution a lot slower...). |
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| 1033 | If you don't need Coro or threads, you can go with "linuxthreads.old" |
1033 | If you don't need Coro or threads, you can go with "linuxthreads.old" |
| 1034 | (or no thread support). For Coro, it is highly recommended to switch to |
1034 | (or no thread support). For Coro, it is highly recommended to switch to |
| 1035 | a uClibc newer than 0.9.31 (at the time of this writing, I used the |
1035 | a uClibc newer than 0.9.31 (at the time of this writing, I used the |
| 1036 | 20101201 snapshot) and enable NPTL, otherwise Coro needs to be |
1036 | 20101201 snapshot) and enable NPTL, otherwise Coro needs to be |
