emboss binaries for windows

[clwu]

Hi,
        I just upgraded my EMBOSS by compiling the new release under 
win2k/cygwin. After compilation, I used "strip" and "upx" to shrink the 
sizes of  binary files. After "strip", I got about 700k for each file; 
after "upx", I got about 250k each. Finally, I got all binary files in 
total about 42M. I tried quite a few tools, and I didn't get any trouble 
for using them.

Chunlei

David Starks-Browning wrote:

>On Thursday 12 Jun 03, voltigeur at worldonline.ch writes:
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>>Hello,
>>
>>For those who wanted the binaries (and maybe for others),
>>while making a zip file I've noticed that the size is huge
>>(about 2 Mo for every program is making a zip file of about
>>114 Mo). That obviously wouldn't fit in an e-mail attachment...
>>Unless I can put it on a server somewhere I'm afraid you'll
>>have to use the HowTo I'm currently writing (expect it today
>>or tomorrow) and compile everything yourself.
>>The cygwin environment is handy but not optimized.
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>You could try using "strip" on the binaries or do the equivalent with
>a gcc command line option.
>
>What you're seeing is a feature of gcc, that symbols are included by
>default.  I don't think it's Cygwin's fault.
>
>Regards,
>David
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