kernel compile bloat

2003-01-05 Thread Andy Farkas
Why does compiling a kernel (make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC) take 7 times as much space on 5.0-current than it does on 4.7-stable? On a 4.7-stable box, /usr/obj/usr/src/sys totals 34 MB. On a 5.0-current box, /usr/obj/usr/src/sys totals 270 MB! (for each box, I rm /usr/obj/*, make

Re: kernel compile bloat

2003-01-05 Thread Alexander Leidinger
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:14:26 +1000 (EST) Andy Farkas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why does compiling a kernel (make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC) take 7 times as much space on 5.0-current than it does on 4.7-stable? On a 4.7-stable box, /usr/obj/usr/src/sys totals 34 MB. On a 5.0-current

Re: kernel compile bloat

2003-01-05 Thread Bruce Evans
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Alexander Leidinger wrote: On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:14:26 +1000 (EST) Andy Farkas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why does compiling a kernel (make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC) take 7 times as much space on 5.0-current than it does on 4.7-stable? On a 4.7-stable box,

Re: kernel compile bloat

2003-01-05 Thread David O'Brien
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:14:26PM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: On a 4.7-stable box, /usr/obj/usr/src/sys totals 34 MB. On a 5.0-current box, /usr/obj/usr/src/sys totals 270 MB! The debugging format (stabs to dwarf2) has also changed from 4.x to 5-CURRENT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL