MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Is there anyway get these files to make in smaller size?

> > > make -j5
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> > > Normal size.
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> > > VS.
> > >
> > > make -j5 "SYMBOLS = 1" "SYMLEVEL = 1"
> > >
> > > Bigger size.
> >
> > Yes. Bigger size. Symbols contains words. Words for all of the things.
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> Using HashMyFiles.
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> Using these tools.
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> http://www.mamedev.org/tools/ mingw-mame-20121207.exe (32-bit and 64-bit)
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> mame64.exe 952a384cc9e7cb5b738dcc734af737fd 7e49ba1baf71de7e22d32b9717998586d0a29993
> f0981baa L:\UME\mame64.exe 2/7/2014 218 AM 2/7/2014 244 AM 257,153,924 0, 152, 0, 0
> 0.152 exe A
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> 245 MB
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> mess64.exe 7016e9790e090b5a6f59722a1643fd00 ab109596f891310d09728a2bd4ddcbdd12ff736d
> d39d3827 L:\UME\mess64.exe 2/7/2014 237 AM 2/7/2014 215 AM 158,575,712 0, 152, 0, 0
> 0.152 exe A
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> 151 MB
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> This is from Revision 27519. Compare this size with the Official size.

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First off, SYMBOLS=1 is only needed for backtracing a crash, providing line number references from source where execution stopped usually giving a good idea what the problem is.

The official EXE is built to have a minimal compliment of .SYM (symbols), just enough to provide basic information in the form of a stack crawl.

To mirror the official builds, use the following:
make OPTIMIZE=3 SYMBOLS=1 SYMLEVEL=1

Of course, you can add your -j3, -j5 or whatever works best. Use TARGET=mess or TARGET=ume for those builds.

When compiled, you can use this to bring the filesize down even more:
strip -s mame.exe - again, you can do the same with other binaries produced by providing the filename. This will depending on the .SYM file you created for all lookups