Re: 6.0R GENERIC makeoptions DEBUG=-g

From: Dev Tugnait (dev_at_unixdaemon.org)
Date: 11/14/05

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    To: Simon Ironside <sironside@interfone.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 04:03:39 -0500

    safe to leave un-commented no hindrance in performance.

    On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 08:53 +0000, Simon Ironside wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    > > I think this is intentional. Having DEBUG=-g means that you have a
    > > kernel.debug which contains debugging symbols, which is quite useful
    > > if you get a kernel panic and want to report it back. On the other
    > > hand, debugging symbols would be stripped before you install a new
    > > kernel so it does not affect the running kernel.
    >
    > This has changed since 5.4 - I just wondered why and whether I would be
    > best leaving it as is or commenting it out.
    >
    > Simon
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