[GRASS5] Script to build babyGRASS for handhelds

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:35:07PM +0000, Carl Worth wrote:
> On Apr 24, Glynn Clements wrote:
>  > If you're looking to save memory, generate stripped binaries, e.g.
>  > You could also try optimising for size:
> 
> Both good points.

Thanks - have update that. I currently face the problem that
mk/vars.mk
does not get the prefix/bindir from configure. But that's
eventually not yet implemented (will find a workaround).

 
>  > If you really want to save memory, you need a display driver which
>  > doesn't require X. E.g. a modified PNG (i.e. GD) driver which outputs
>  > to a framebuffer device.
> 
> Nah... X is really not as large as one might think. The X server used
> on iPAQs, (using kdrive aka TinyX), weighs in at 733kB. Together with
> core libraries and fonts, the whole package can come in at about 2MB.
> 
> Getting rid of X would give up so much functionality, there's really
> no savings here that would be worth the effort.
> 
> -Carl

Markus