Larger binaries?

From: Benny Helms (benny_at_discoveringmontana.com)
Date: 09/20/03

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    I've been compiling OpenSSH so often lately that I'm getting punch drunk! But each time I do it, I save a copy of the previous version of each of the binaries (ssh, sshd, ssh-agent, etc.).

    On Wednesday evening I was compiling openssh-3.7p1, each time very carefully copying the previous version, and renaming it with a "-3.6.1p2" so I could put Humpty back together if need be.

    So last night I get the pleasure of doing it all again on all my servers with openssh-3.7.1p1, and I couldn't help but notice a HUGE difference in size, and overnight! My './configure' options did not change. Nor did my 'make' or my compiler. I decided to just stack up all the versions I have on my computer right now, with their names indicating their version, so you can easily see how much they've grown.

    1,113,010 Sep 18 22:53 /usr/local/bin/ssh-3.7.1p1
      374,583 Sep 18 16:39 /usr/local/bin/ssh-3.7p1
      365,034 Sep 16 14:15 /usr/local/bin/ssh-3.6.1p2

      867,542 Sep 18 22:53 /usr/local/bin/ssh-add-3.7.1p1
      171,511 Sep 18 16:39 /usr/local/bin/ssh-add-3.7p1
      167,559 Sep 16 14:16 /usr/local/bin/ssh-add-3.6.1p2

      820,122 Sep 18 22:53 /usr/local/bin/ssh-agent-3.7.1p1
      133,136 Sep 18 16:39 /usr/local/bin/ssh-agent-3.7p1
      132,696 Sep 16 14:16 /usr/local/bin/ssh-agent-3.6.1p2

      872,418 Sep 18 22:53 /usr/local/bin/ssh-keygen-3.7.1p1
      177,590 Sep 18 16:39 /usr/local/bin/ssh-keygen-3.7p1
      168,715 Sep 16 14:16 /usr/local/bin/ssh-keygen-3.6.1p2

      673,327 Sep 18 22:53 /usr/local/bin/ssh-keyscan-3.7.1p1
      259,743 Sep 18 16:39 /usr/local/bin/ssh-keyscan-3.7p1
      252,403 Sep 16 14:16 /usr/local/bin/ssh-keyscan-3.6.1p2

    1,156,006 Sep 18 22:53 /usr/local/sbin/sshd-3.7.1p1
      461,915 Sep 18 16:39 /usr/local/sbin/sshd-3.7p1
      450,695 Sep 16 14:18 /usr/local/sbin/sshd-3.6.1p2

    What's up? Did they leave a lot of debugging code in 3.7.1p1???

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