Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 06:39:36 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 5f946c76c0cc - main - Update WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS description Message-ID: <202107281339.16SDdaqc023009@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <202107272124.16RLOv5Z046970@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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[ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ] > The branch main has been updated by emaste: > > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5f946c76c0cc2d1b4fa150f691764da163579d19 > > commit 5f946c76c0cc2d1b4fa150f691764da163579d19 > Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> > AuthorDate: 2021-07-27 21:18:41 +0000 > Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> > CommitDate: 2021-07-27 21:18:41 +0000 > > Update WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS description > > We have installed kernel debug data under /usr/lib/debug/ for some time > now, so the suggestion to set WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS for small root > partitions is no longer valid. > > Also call them "debug symbol files" rather than just "symbol files", > since they contain much more than just symbols. The kernel also > includes (some) symbols, regardless of the setting of this knob. > > MFC after: 1 week > --- > tools/build/options/WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS | 5 +---- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS > index 79856e28c1aa..33fa2c4f1c97 100644 > --- a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS > +++ b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS > @@ -1,5 +1,2 @@ > .\" $FreeBSD$ > -Do not install kernel symbol files. > -.Bf -symbolic > -This option is recommended for those people who have small root partitions. > -.Ef > +Do not install kernel debug symbol files. This option is recommended for those people who have small /usr partitions. > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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