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Date:      Thu, 8 Apr 1999 10:19:37 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Niall Smart <nsmart@kira.team400.ie>, Greg Black <gjb-freebsd@gba.oz.au>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Veto? (was: Debug kernel by default (was: System size with -g))
Message-ID:  <19990408101937.K2142@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <370B7039.4AEE986B@kira.team400.ie>; from Niall Smart on Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 03:48:25PM %2B0100
References:  <19990407114127.Y2142@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.990406191655.1119B-100000@current1.whistle.com> <19990407141928.C2142@lemis.com> <19990407125453.15859.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> <370B7039.4AEE986B@kira.team400.ie>

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On Wednesday,  7 April 1999 at 15:48:25 +0100, Niall Smart wrote:
>>>> Does anybody want to execute a power of veto, or shall I commit some
>>>> changes?
>>>
>>> If you turn it on, make it a DEAD SNAP to turn it off
>>> (maybe even look as sysctl hw.usermem or something.)
>>
>> I think a sysctl would be wrong.  Environment variable if you want.
>> But I think config -s would be the way to go.  Maybe I can print an
>> explicit message:
>>
>>   # config GENERIC
>>   Building kernel with full symbolic support.  Do "config -s GENERIC"
>>   for historic partial symbolic support.
>>
>>   Don't forget to do a ``make depend''
>>   Kernel build directory is ../../compile/GENERIC,
>
> "Historical partial symbolic support"?   There has
> to be a better wording.

Suggestions?

Greg
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