build option survey

[Maxim Sobolev]

It probably makes sense to sort the list by number of Blocks or by 
number of Files.

-Maxim

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> I'm working on a script which will survey the various build options
> (NO_FOO, NO_BAR etc) and what their impact is on the installed system
> footprint.
> 
> 	http://phk.freebsd.dk/misc/kernel_options/HTML/
> 
> The table shows size of the total installworld image, including
> the GENERIC kernel.
> 
> Delta is the number of blocks compared to a full installworld, and
> no, I'm not quite sure yet why some of them take more space.
> 
> Number of extra files and number of eliminated files (these link
> to a "mtree -f -f" output file so you can see which they were.
> 
> When done chewing, all the options will be tested for their effect
> during "installworld only", "buildworld only" and "build+installworld"
> usage.
> 
> When completed, this script will end up under src/tools/tools
> 
> Poul-Henning
> 
> PS: Interestingly, this survey has theological implications as well
> as it proves the long held belief that C++ is evil:  The NO_CXX
> option which prevents the installation of this evilness eliminates
> exactly 666 files :-)
>