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Date:      Fri, 21 Nov 1997 02:23:40 -0500 (EST)
From:      Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Stripping the kernel
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971121022020.19960W-100000@cello.synapse.net>

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Does anyone else thing this might be a good idea?

Change /sys/i386/conf/Makefile.i386's install line to:

install -s -c -m 555 -o root -g wheel -fschg kernel /

The reason is this: I compiled a kernel with debug symbols (-g) and it
tried to install an 8 MB kernel; stripped, it was 800k.

Evan




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