From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 19 20:31:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from freeway.dcfinc.com (cx74889-a.phnx3.az.home.com [24.1.193.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B1837B417; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:31:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from chad@localhost) by freeway.dcfinc.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA12533; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 21:31:34 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from chad) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 21:31:34 -0700 From: "Chad R. Larson" To: Garance A Drosihn Cc: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG, Warner Losh , Arjan de Vet , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Has the size of stable /modules increased a lot lately? Message-ID: <20011119213134.C12374@freeway.dcfinc.com> References: <200111192051.fAJKpeY97388@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com> <20011119122031.A8371@adv.devet.org> <200111192035.fAJKZu775729@harmony.village.org> <200111192052.fAJKqV775933@harmony.village.org> <200111192228.fAJMSRu98470@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from drosih@rpi.edu on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 07:49:49PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 07:49:49PM -0500, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > The comments for the commit include "which adds the ability to > compile modules -g as well" (among other things). The original > commit to current (1.241 on Aug 2nd) was a bit more explicit as > to the effect: "When building a debugging kernel with modules, > build modules with debugging support as well". It isn't just > that "the ability" is now available, it's that anyone who has > debugging set for the /kernel *will* also get it for /modules. Personally, I think it makes sense that if the kernel is built with debugging, the modules should as well. All we need is a "heads up" in the release notes (my preference) or in the "updating" instructions. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message