Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:29:02 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf kern.post.mk Message-ID: <20050911022901.GA3090@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <p0623090bbf493c4e4b1e@[128.113.24.47]> References: <20050911002229.51F4916A471@hub.freebsd.org> <432382BC.5080105@root.org> <p0623090bbf493c4e4b1e@[128.113.24.47]>
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--7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 10:01:15PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 6:05 PM -0700 9/10/05, Nate Lawson wrote: > >David E. O'Brien wrote: > >>obrien 2005-09-11 00:22:21 UTC > >> > >> FreeBSD src repository > >> > >> Modified files: > >> sys/conf kern.post.mk Log: > >> For HEAD, install a kernel with debug information if DEBUG is a kernel > >> config option. It is too easy to loose the build directory and not h= ave > >> symbols for kgdb to read. > >> Revision Changes Path > >> 1.84 +4 -17 src/sys/conf/kern.post.mk > > > >I disagree with this change. We do not need to waste the space > >in /. If I'm running a debug kernel, it is based on the latest > >version of kernel.debug in my kernel compile dir and I know to > >find it there. >=20 > Fwiw, I've been burned by building a debug kernel, only to have > removed the original compile-directory for that kernel by the time I > actually *needed* the debug symbols. It's one thing if you're building > a debug kernel because you know you're going to spend the next hour > debugging some change. It's another if you're building a debug kernel > because your machine might panic sometime in the next two or three > weeks. Likewise, I also find this change very useful. When I'm juggling a few dozen panics on a few dozen machines with a few dozen different customized source trees, it's hard to keep track of all the kernel.debugs. Now I don't have to. Also, now we won't have to throw away panic reports from users who didn't think to save their kernel.debug, and the quality of bug reports can increase. Kris --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDI5ZtWry0BWjoQKURAlQbAKDrFkWXLEqWCaMGEUIbaMe3TsODUACfYZ+2 Jdf8+sUf5vd2GeHtjP4ROoI= =aS5o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z--
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