re: evbarm build using exorbitant disk space during build

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

Christos Zoulas writes:
> In article <20140502124434.GA16078%mail.duskware.de@localhost>,
> Martin Husemann  <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
> >-=-=-=-=-=-
> >
> >I implemented something similar (but slightly different).
> >
> >Attached patch to config does:
> >
> > - rename the undocumented parser debug option from -D to -d
> > - add -U and -D options used to define or undefine "makeoptions"
> >   via the command line
> >
> >Then the build system patch uses config -U DEBUG in etc/Makefile when
> >configuring the release build kernels and provides a new kernel.gdb=MYCONF
> >action for build.sh.
> >
> >The third patch to the kernel makefile provides a new variable 
> >KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO, which is used (if defined) as default value
> >for DEBUG in kernel builds - so adding KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO=-g to
> >/etc/mk.conf makes all kernel builds always create netbsd.gdb.
> >
> >Comments?
> 
> I like that.

me too.  i think i like matt's comments about the variable, too.

thanks!


.mrg.