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Date:      Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:53:06 +0000
From:      Simon Ironside <sironside@interfone.net>
To:        delphij@delphij.net
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 6.0R GENERIC makeoptions DEBUG=-g
Message-ID:  <43785072.5030508@interfone.net>
In-Reply-To: <a78074950511140050t44496b25vfd8144c3b72830cf@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <436BCD90.40709@interfone.net> <43784DC6.4000809@interfone.net> <a78074950511140050t44496b25vfd8144c3b72830cf@mail.gmail.com>

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Hello,

> I think this is intentional.  Having DEBUG=-g means that you have a
> kernel.debug which contains debugging symbols, which is quite useful
> if you get a kernel panic and want to report it back.  On the other
> hand, debugging symbols would be stripped before you install a new
> kernel so it does not affect the running kernel.

This has changed since 5.4 - I just wondered why and whether I would be 
best leaving it as is or commenting it out.

Simon



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