[Ffmpeg-devel] How to reduce the ffmpeg avcodec.dll, avformat.dllsize

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 09:44:43PM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> writes:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 09:44:44AM -0500, Rich Felker wrote:
> > [...]
> >> If code is not being removed by the compiler with some
> >> encoders/decoders disabled, it's probably because it's accidentally
> >> being used, due to function pointers in the data segment, etc.
> >
> > no, IIRC gcc until very recently (4.0 or so) did NOT support removing
> > unused static functions, and iam not even sure if latest gcc does it
> > by default
> 
> Unused static functions have been removed in the compilation phase for
> a long time.  You probably mean extern functions.  They can be
> referenced in much more subtle ways.

nope, see http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11278

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Michael