Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:28:42 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel/generic-dbg, world/base-dbg Message-ID: <20190916022842.GA49187@admin.sibptus.ru> In-Reply-To: <462f6c2c-1b8b-4d76-f086-9999ae26067e@FreeBSD.org> References: <20190914052029.GA87950@admin.sibptus.ru> <462f6c2c-1b8b-4d76-f086-9999ae26067e@FreeBSD.org>
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--u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 14/09/2019 06:20, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Where in the base system are kernel/generic-dbg and world/base-dbg > > located? freebsd-update says: > >=20 > > The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed: > > kernel/generic kernel/generic-dbg world/base world/base-dbg world/doc > >=20 > > I don't think I need them, how do I find and delete them after the > > upgrade? >=20 > These are collections of debug symbols for the various binaries > installed in the system. If you ever need to eg. generate a back trace > as part of a bug report, they mean that each frame will be identified by > function name and so forth -- in effect they mean that you can run gdb > against any binary in the system and achieve meaningful results. >=20 > Since they are stored separately from the binaries you're running they > have no deleterious effect on normal system usage. Aside from taking up > a bit of disk space, you won't suffer any ill effects from having them. >=20 > I believe all of the debug files are installed under /usr/lib/debug -- see Thanks, indeed they are there, about 800M on an 11.2 system. I don't think I care much for them, there should be an easy way to obtain them from somewhere, or build them, if I even need them. --=20 Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/ --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJdfvNaAAoJEA2k8lmbXsY0NlIIAI1fhhwiXXRQVZ2gBE2O0E5t VsNm5cWhWz61pcTxBzr5ytF2/nDhAAdy9ROqu73L+ZOymUt938LVAnvG3+jOqXQm RP7wcEXFDq4DW4HRsmNen3qC0MLpT+Jj8/mas3MVRCb7sjAh5isIQv+nAMS2M6oj E4Wx/gd5GnfUXNTbjvYPQZsTXIK7wvnbaqoQEvodzXX+clAbYOfmNYWTTzvCNEic Ew2tJhKiRoJ1nKYuUFUkjKGdBgnCRwCzTuFBKS3+FKPG1gcPpEPFMHceStumN3pX qj6T/yqsFSoAmEgFffF9bRW6od/LJwUJT05N8Bvr6y43mkX+/ndVJoqCQOTPK4s= =AIrq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24--
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