Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:38:50 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: What do people think about not installing a stripped,/kernel ?] Message-ID: <4177ADDA.3050002@portaone.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1041021074806.10079L-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1041021074806.10079L-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote: > On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > >>C'mon guys, nobody says it should be unconditional. Of course there >>should be an easy, well-documented way to turn it off in situations when >>the space really matters. > > > Or maybe to turn it on when it doesn't matter. Remember that many users > on the upgrade path from earlier 4.x's have 32mb or 64mb root file > systems. It doesn't take very many 17mb debugging kernels to fill that > up. See my own follow-up. Actually it is possible to keep debug stubs separate from actual executables (say in /var/debug). I am testing a preliminary to implements that. -Maxim
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