Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:17:07 +0800 From: Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Time to stop stripping binaries? Message-ID: <1276867027.1995.34.camel@nsl> In-Reply-To: <4C1AAD6C.8070705@freebsd.org> References: <20100617.143334.584432776655157077.imp@bsdimp.com> <201006172335.21969.max@love2party.net> <4C1AAD6C.8070705@freebsd.org>
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Tim Kientzle wrote:
> Max Laier wrote:
> > On Thursday 17 June 2010 22:33:34 M. Warner Losh wrote:
> >>
> >> Now that disks are big, can we stop stripping binaries by default?
> >>
> >> I've worked up a patch that lets you set WITH_BINARY_SYMBOLS or
> >> WITHOUT_BINARY_SYMBOLS as you see fit. We should commit it regardless
> >> of the outcome of this discussion (well, defaulting to yes or no
> >> depending on the outcome).
> >
> > My vote is with symbols in current and stable, without in releases - by
> > default. i.e. everything people build at home from an unknown repo state
> > should have symbols, everything we "ship" can be reproduced if needed.
>
> I was going to make this suggestion myself, but Max beat me to it. ;-)
>
> Definitely -CURRENT should default to building with
> symbols. I've spent too much time going back to
> re-build specific pieces with symbols in order
> to debug issues in -CURRENT.
>
> For releases, I think there's a good argument to
> leaving symbols off (CD space is still rather dear).
>
> For stable, I could go either way.
+1. Agreed with Tim :-)
> Tim
Kevin
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