Compiling python2.5.1 results in 3.5MB python lib?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> I'm compiling 2.5.1 and end up with a 3.5MB libpython2.5.so file. I
> seem to remember it should be somewhere around the 1MB mark. What
> could be causing this?

Try stripping it.

Regards,
Martin