On 2011-Sep-26 19:48:23 -0400, Benjamin Kaduk <ka...@mit.edu> wrote: >On Mon, 26 Sep 2011, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: >> The problem with /boot on a dedicated partition is the the kernel, >> since at least 8.x, is installed by default with a vast majority of >> crap. That's all the .symbols, that 99% of FreeBSD users will never >> uses. > >My recollection is that this is because kensmith forgot to take >'makeoptions DEBUG=-g' out of GENERIC when branching stable/8, and no one
Not quite - 'DEBUG=-g' was a deliberate move to make it easier for developers to talk users through faultfinding kernel issues. The correct fix is to install the .symbols files somewhere other than /boot/kernel - unfortunately, no-one has developed the necessary changes to the kernel installation. -- Peter Jeremy
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