Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:53:06 +0000 From: Simon Ironside <sironside@interfone.net> To: delphij@delphij.net Cc: stable@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0R GENERIC makeoptions DEBUG=-g Message-ID: <43785072.5030508@interfone.net> In-Reply-To: <a78074950511140050t44496b25vfd8144c3b72830cf@mail.gmail.com> References: <436BCD90.40709@interfone.net> <43784DC6.4000809@interfone.net> <a78074950511140050t44496b25vfd8144c3b72830cf@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello, > I think this is intentional. Having DEBUG=-g means that you have a > kernel.debug which contains debugging symbols, which is quite useful > if you get a kernel panic and want to report it back. On the other > hand, debugging symbols would be stripped before you install a new > kernel so it does not affect the running kernel. This has changed since 5.4 - I just wondered why and whether I would be best leaving it as is or commenting it out. Simon
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