Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:58:39 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf kern.post.mk Message-ID: <20050911115526.A33344@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <432382BC.5080105@root.org> References: <20050911002229.51F4916A471@hub.freebsd.org> <432382BC.5080105@root.org>
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, Nate Lawson wrote: > David E. O'Brien wrote: >> obrien 2005-09-11 00:22:21 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> sys/conf kern.post.mk Log: >> For HEAD, install a kernel with debug information if DEBUG is a kernel >> config option. It is too easy to loose the build directory and not have >> symbols for kgdb to read. >> Revision Changes Path >> 1.84 +4 -17 src/sys/conf/kern.post.mk > > I disagree with this change. We do not need to waste the space in /. If > I'm running a debug kernel, it is based on the latest version of > kernel.debug in my kernel compile dir and I know to find it there. If it is decided to keep this change in the tree, then we should make sure that removing it is added to the "Create a -STABLE branch" directions -- systems as recent as early to middle 4.x have quite small roots, and cannot support debugging kernel information for kernel and kernel.old. Maintaining that upgrade path as feasible is a good idea, so if we want to keep around debugging kernels, we shouldn't try to do it in production branches that may be used on many systems with smaller disk sizes. Robert N M Watson
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