From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 4 19:46:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79FFF16A41F for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 19:46:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from thierry@herbelot.com) Received: from smtp4-g19.free.fr (smtp4-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ED0743D46 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 19:46:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from thierry@herbelot.com) Received: from herbelot.dyndns.org (bne75-4-82-227-159-103.fbx.proxad.net [82.227.159.103]) by smtp4-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1FDA401BA for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:46:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from diversion.herbelot.nom (diversion.herbelot.nom [192.168.2.6]) by herbelot.dyndns.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jA4JkDAm003374; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:46:15 +0100 (CET) From: Thierry Herbelot To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:46:04 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <200511041509.07205.thierry@herbelot.com> <20051104193347.GM39882@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20051104193347.GM39882@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> X-Warning: Windows can lose your files X-Op-Sys: Le FriBi de la mort qui tue X-Org: TfH&Co X-MailScanner: Found to be clean MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511042046.06753.thierry@herbelot.com> Cc: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: /boot/kernel/kernel.debug on 6.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: thierry@herbelot.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:46:30 -0000 Le Friday 4 November 2005 20:33, Peter Jeremy a écrit : > > > >The increase seems to come from a kernel.debug : is it intended ? > > There was a recent thread about installing kernel.debug to ensure that > correct debugging symbols were available even if someone had rebuilt > their kernel. I think it's an excellent idea to distribute kernel.debug > because it should allow users to provide better quality problem reports. > (Though I'm less certain about / being the best place to store the > kernel.debug file). I was not precise enough : should the debug kernel be shipped also on the installation CD-ROM ? (one can easily understand why a debug kernel is installed - afterwards - with the full O.S., but it *seems* superfluous on the installation CD-ROM) my 2 euro-cents TfH