busybox 1.26.1 is 15% larger than 1.24.1 with the same configuration

[ChenQi]

Hi All,

Is there any new feature in new version of busybox that would probably 
increase the binary size?

With the same configuration, busybox 1.26.1 is about 15% larger than 
1.24.1. I compared the utilities by checking busybox.links, they are the 
same between these two versions.

-rw-r--r-- 2 chenqi chenqi 420K Jan  6 14:04 
tmp/deploy/rpm/core2_64/busybox-1.26.1-r0.core2_64.rpm

-rw-r--r-- 4 chenqi chenqi 366K Dec 27 18:07 
tmp/deploy/rpm/core2_64/busybox-1.24.1-r0.core2_64.rpm

By the way, I used the same compiler, same flags, etc. The only 
difference is the busybox version.

Could somebody give me some information why this would occur?

Best Regards,

Chen Qi