Binutils 2.17.50.0.5 has a bug that makes binaries large on amd64. There is a patch on the binutils list that fixes it. I applied the patch and recompiled some stuff and they where reduced in size. A lot of people are using the -* binutils for .gnu.hash support so I think this patch should be applied in gentoo. Novell bug: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210331 Patch: http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-10/msg00045.html
Created attachment 99027 [details, diff] Patch
i dont really feel like maintaining cvs snapshot binutils if 2.17 has the same bug, please re-open