Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:47:20 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: What do people think about not installing a stripped /kernel ?] Message-ID: <4176C0C8.4060408@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20041020194547.GD2195@ip.net.ua> References: <41767CF1.2020005@FreeBSD.org> <20041020.105839.100358845.imp@bsdimp.com> <20041020170907.GA1216@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <200410201913.42879.max@love2party.net> <20041020194547.GD2195@ip.net.ua>
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Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 07:13:35PM +0200, Max Laier wrote: > >>Why is this discussion ongoing? The consensus seems pretty clear: "Implement >>it, but have a make.conf option to turn it off." If there is concern with >>this make if default to off and have an option to turn it on. >> > > Implementing this is very easy, since it's already implemented, > just not by default. > > What everyone seem to have forgotten is that we also have modules, > and in the "config -g" case, we also build debug versions of the > modules. And if we're also going to install modules with debug > symbols, I think this puts the requirement for the root file > system way beyond the rational limits. > > > Cheers, I tend to agree. What do you think of my proposal to have installkernel (optionally or whatever) put unstriped binaries somewhere outside of the root partition? Scott
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