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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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> 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     partitions is no longer valid.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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