Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:35:35 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Lo <kevlo@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time to stop stripping binaries? Message-ID: <AANLkTimZqamEt86AMh7ANeqRPwAiMqfk2O0-c8GJyP-E@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1276867027.1995.34.camel@nsl> References: <20100617.143334.584432776655157077.imp@bsdimp.com> <201006172335.21969.max@love2party.net> <4C1AAD6C.8070705@freebsd.org> <1276867027.1995.34.camel@nsl>
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Kevin Lo <kevlo@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 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 :-)
I agree as well, but I think it should be on for stable because of
all of the bits being MFCed on a regular basis nowadays from CURRENT,
and the potential issues that might arise due to less tested
components (for bug triage purposes).
Thanks!
-Garrett
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