Re: [Fwd: What do people think about not installing a stripped,/kernel ?]

Robert Watson wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> 
> 
>>C'mon guys, nobody says it should be unconditional. Of course there
>>should be an easy, well-documented way to turn it off in situations when
>>the space really matters. 
> 
> 
> Or maybe to turn it on when it doesn't matter.  Remember that many users
> on the upgrade path from earlier 4.x's have 32mb or 64mb root file
> systems.  It doesn't take very many 17mb debugging kernels to fill that
> up. 

See my own follow-up. Actually it is possible to keep debug stubs 
separate from actual executables (say in /var/debug). I am testing a 
preliminary to implements that.

-Maxim