>>>> "OG" == Olivier Galibert
<galibert(a)pobox.com> writes:
OG> This is the dump file. Don't remove it. That's where the missing 3Mb
OG> went (and pdump is a lot more aggressive about dumping only what's
OG> needed, that's why it boils down to 2.6Mb).
OG> Someday, somehow, it will come back inside the executable, but not in
OG> this release's timeframe.
I believe this is also the reason why pdump should _not_ be the
default dumper when 21.2 is released. The unexec dumper, _if_ it
works, is currently a better solution for users. And I'm saying this
as a pdump co-maintainer.
Of course, for platforms where pdump is broken or non-ported, pdump
should happen automatically (it doesn't currently).
Are there such platforms? Sure. Irix with CC='gcc -mabi=64', for example.
Most of these platforms are not important for users, only for
masochistic maintainers.
Martin