Date: Thu, 7 Mar 96 15:16:57 MET From: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de> To: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Documenters) Subject: Re: config -g KERNEL Message-ID: <199603071420.PAA05400@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> In-Reply-To: <199603070804.IAA07027@veda.is>; from "Adam David" at Mar 7, 96 8:04 am
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>>> I tried making a kernel with debug symbols, using config -g and strip -x. >> >> I believe this should be 'strip -d', not -x... > > Thanks Marc :) > If so, then handbook223 is incorrect and needs updating, along with any other > such references that might be in the FAQ or handbook. I don't have a machine here to check, but this is definitely one of the problems. One strip option removes local symbols, including a number which have recently been declared static, but which are still used by some programs. Since this time, you need the other option. > Does anyone else think (with me) that /sys/compile/KERNEL/Makefile should > contain the steps necessary for installing a stripped debug kernel, at least > in the 'config -g' case? Definitely. BSDI has done this all along. Greg
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