Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 11:54:30 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, evanc@synapse.net, mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stripping the kernel Message-ID: <4681.880196070@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Nov 1997 21:11:22 %2B0100." <19971121211122.16595@mi.uni-koeln.de>
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In message <19971121211122.16595@mi.uni-koeln.de>, Stefan Esser writes: >On 1997-11-21 11:43 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> wrote: >> I have been thinking about adding a "strip -d kernel" before installing >> to the makefile... > >I just tried it: The size of the kernel was reduced by 0 bytes, >and I guess that is not enough to justify the effort ;-) If your kernel was compiled with "-g" which this is intended to help, it would have. It is harmless for the normal case. man 1 strip. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
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