git: 5f946c76c0cc - main - Update WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS description

Ed Maste emaste at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jul 27 21:24:57 UTC 2021


The branch main has been updated by emaste:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5f946c76c0cc2d1b4fa150f691764da163579d19

commit 5f946c76c0cc2d1b4fa150f691764da163579d19
Author:     Ed Maste <emaste at FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-07-27 21:18:41 +0000
Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste at FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-07-27 21:18:41 +0000

    Update WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS description
    
    We have installed kernel debug data under /usr/lib/debug/ for some time
    now, so the suggestion to set WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS for small root
    partitions is no longer valid.
    
    Also call them "debug symbol files" rather than just "symbol files",
    since they contain much more than just symbols.  The kernel also
    includes (some) symbols, regardless of the setting of this knob.
    
    MFC after:      1 week
---
 tools/build/options/WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS
index 79856e28c1aa..33fa2c4f1c97 100644
--- a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS
+++ b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 .\" $FreeBSD$
-Do not install kernel symbol files.
-.Bf -symbolic
-This option is recommended for those people who have small root partitions.
-.Ef
+Do not install kernel debug symbol files.


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