git: 5f946c76c0cc - main - Update WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS description
Rodney W. Grimes
freebsd at gndrsh.dnsmgr.net
Wed Jul 28 13:39:44 UTC 2021
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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 at FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2021-07-27 21:18:41 +0000
> Commit: Ed Maste <emaste at 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 partitions is no longer valid.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.
>
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Rod Grimes rgrimes at freebsd.org
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