From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 30 22:35:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B006614DDF for ; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:35:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA25994 for questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 00:35:35 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 00:35:35 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: System size with -g Message-ID: <19990331003535.E17547@futuresouth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I know this is what most people will think of as a Very Bad Idea From The Get-Go, but I'm curious in any event. What sort of impact on size(disk)/size(memory)/startup time/etc would compiling the entire system with debugging symbols be? (i.e., put -g in CFLAGS in make.conf) Double the size of the base system? Quintuple? --- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller http://www.over-yonder.net/ | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message