From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 2 11:47:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A27E16A41B for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:47:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hoschi@etain.frida.mouhaha.de) Received: from etain.frida.mouhaha.de (etain.frida.mouhaha.de [85.236.48.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 254E913C45D for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:47:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hoschi@etain.frida.mouhaha.de) Received: from localhost (etain.frida.mouhaha.de [85.236.48.54]) by etain.frida.mouhaha.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 066F44BC3CB for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:47:00 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mouhaha.de Received: from etain.frida.mouhaha.de ([85.236.48.54]) by localhost (etain.frida.mouhaha.de [85.236.48.54]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id NcZS0WHLaQQl for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:46:59 +0100 (CET) Received: by etain.frida.mouhaha.de (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D7F934BC3C5; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:46:59 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:46:59 +0100 From: Oliver Peter To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080202114659.GB77721@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de> References: <20080201100619.53d5aeea@scorpio> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ftEhullJWpWg/VHq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080201100619.53d5aeea@scorpio> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p10 i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Subject: Re: Building kernel with DEBUG X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:47:02 -0000 --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 10:06:19AM -0500, Gerard wrote: > Near the top of the /usr/src/sys/i386/GENERIC file, is the line: >=20 > makeoptions DEBUG=3D-g # Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols >=20 > Is this line really necessary? If I don't intend to ever debug a > kernel, why should I leave it? It would seem like I could > save some time compiling a kernel if I just remove or commented out > that line. I'm sure that the time you took to write this mail was much more than you will save by removing the debug symbol... Maybe sometimes you do intend to debug your kernel because your machine crashed, you don't know why, ask this list and a FreeBSD developer ask about the kernel-dump... But maybe not. Good luck. :-) --=20 Oliver PETER, email: hoschi@mouhaha.de, ICQ# 113969174 "Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave." --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkekWDMACgkQ6LH/IUVtaI+SQwCgh2eX5tIkAsjmbhUjiQzCrwQr AR4An0iH6ssST8kgG/sPsBE2Foq6gKNI =2GZR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq--