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Date:      Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:16:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:      <kip@lyris.com>
To:        "I'Khala" <ikhala@phoenix.cl.msu.edu>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Quetion about kernel building on 3.2-stable
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.05.9906091216300.9017-100000@luna>
In-Reply-To: <19990609151945.A78024@phoenix.cl.msu.edu>

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mine is smaller:
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  2476260 Jun  6 01:48 /kernel*


On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, I'Khala wrote:

> Hello,
> I wanted to build a kernel based on entries in /boot/loader.conf.  I happened
> to comment out the following line from my kernel config file:
> 
> 	config               kernel  root on da0
> 
> and after doing a "config", and "make depend", the "make" would fail silently.  I guess
> I really shouldn't say fail, but the prompt would come back immediately  without
> building a kernel, so in that sense it failed.  Once I uncommented the config line
> all was well.  Has anyone noticed this before with stable.  Removing the config line
> works in -current.  My last cvsup was from May 21st
> 
> phoenix.cl.msu.edu:jfgreen> what /kernel
> /kernel:
>         FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE #3: Fri May 21 18:27:19 EDT 1999
> 
> thanxs ...
> 
> #;^)
> 
> P.S.
> I've also noticed that my kernel is rather large, i.e.:
> 
> 	phoenix.cl.msu.edu:ikhala> ls -l /kernel
> 	-r-xr-xr-x   1 root     wheel     8736632 May 21 18:39 /kernel*
> 
> Is this normal?  I ask because kernels on my -current boxen are much
> smaller even if I staticly link klds and include debug symbols ... :(
> 
> -- 
> I'Khala                               ikhala@msu.edu
> 308 Computer Laboratory               ikhala@pager.msu.edu
> Michigan State University             http://www.msu.edu/~ikhala
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