[GRASS5] Re: GRASS-MacOS upload

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Hi Jeshua,

thanks for the upload (it was a big job for your modem). I will
put into web space later today.

Do the other developers know a way to reduce the binaries
size of MacOS GRASS binaries? Because...
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 03:43:27PM -0800, Jeshua Lacock wrote:

  
> > My gnuzip file is 101.8 MB - is that bigger than you would expect?
> Oh my dear! YES!
>
> Linux: 32 MB
> SUN: 36MB
> SGI: 52 MB

The uploading is complete.

Please let me know how the dist looks. Have I included something extra?
  
> Well, never mind. But it will blast some mirror sites as the GRASS Server
> already contains > 600MB. I will have to think where to store it. It must
> be somewhere outside the common mirror-area.
>

.. it is twice to three times bigger than usually.

I have been thinking of starting a GIS open-source webserver that would
have source binaries for free downloading or available on CD for a small
fee.
What do you think?

Sounds good. Please have a look at "Links and Screenshots", several servers
are already there - *maybe* you decide to join an existing project.
Just to notify you that some development is ongoing.

Thanks again for building the beta8 Mac binaries!

Markus

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Maybe the -s flag to cc doesn't strip symbols? That could account for a
huge increase. Also, a lack of shared library support may have things
like the math lib, tiff lib, and others included for each binary that
requires it.

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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>

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