From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 10 23:43:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [209.157.86.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C88914C12 for ; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 23:43:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id XAA03249; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 23:40:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 23:40:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199904110640.XAA03249@apollo.backplane.com> To: Greg Lehey Cc: dg@root.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Annoying debug-kernel config messages References: <199904102115.OAA01764@apollo.backplane.com> <199904110145.SAA27717@implode.root.com> <19990411112709.D2142@lemis.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :I don't like the message either, but I'm surprised that you find it so :upsetting. I run config a dozen times a day :-( Sorry Greg. I don't think it's a bad idea, but it's like taking a clue stick to people who are already mostly clueful. I make debug kernels my setting 'makeoptions' in the kernel config, aka makeoptions DEBUG="-g" I think this is the proper way to do it. This way you can just 'config' your kernel labels and not have to remember which ones are supposed to generate debug symbols and which ones are not. This ability to use makeoptions is not well documented in LINT. Considering its usefulness, it would sure be nice if someone would add and document it in LINT ( hint hint ) :-). : :Greg -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message