Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 16:00:58 -0800 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: config -g vs. config Message-ID: <20010308000058.15D873E0C@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <SAK.2001.03.07.dnmbofhd@support10>; from fbsdq@yahoo.com on "Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:07:21 -0700"
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Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> writes: > . . . .|I don't quite understand what you're asking. The -g option will buil > d > . . . .|a kernel with debugging symbols. Debugging symbols take space. > 6MB > . . . .|for a debug kernel and 1.5MB for a non-debug sounds reasonable. > . . . .|What's your question? > > That's exactly my question when i do "config -g MYKERNEL" I get > a kernel that is 1.5MB, as I understand the "-g" option == build kernel > with debugging symbols. If I do "config MYKERNEL", I get a kernel that > is 6MB, and as I understood "man config" the "-g" option == build kernel > with debugging symbols, why is it if i use -g my kernel is 1.5MB but if I > dont' use it it's 6MB, to me it seems that this is completely opposite of the > "man config" tells me. That's odd. I can't reproduce this. Perhaps someone else knows. Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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