"Robert Ramey" <ramey@rrsd.com> writes:

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Martin Wille wrote:

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Any other suggestions?

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Would it be viable to modify the build system such that test binaries which ran successfully get stripped after they ran? Having the then unneeded debug symbols removed would help a lot.

Why stop there. Maybe a tweak in the build system could implement the option to remove the executable after the test is run. After we have the results we don't need it.

It would have to be an option as I like to debug failed test executables.

Yes, we could do that. But as I said, there's a trade-off between size and speed. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com