Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 19:26:12 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: youlgok@ibm.net Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: config with -g option? Message-ID: <19990504192612.B86754@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <372ECA15.D4D81087@ibm.net> References: <372ECA15.D4D81087@ibm.net>
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youlgok@ibm.net wrote: > What is the difference between > > # /usr/sbin/config FREEBIE > and > # /usr/sbin/config -g FREEBIE -g produces a system for debugging, like the manual page says. In other words, the kernel you build after a config -g has debugging symbols in it, for debugging the system (e.g. if it crashes). There's a section on kernel debugging in the handbook, I beleive. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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