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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:57:20 +0000
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] new kernel patch (relative to 2.4.18)
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n0ano@indstorage.com writes:

|> Yoav-
|>=20
|> Simple answer: Yes, it can be safely removed.
|>=20
|> Longer answer:  David likes to use `gdb' to track down bugs, it makes li=
fe
|> easier to take a fault address and use `gdb' to find the exact source li=
ne
|> that caused the error.  I personally don't like the size of the boot ima=
ge
|> file that this creates so one of the first things I've always done after
|> applying all of the IA64 patches is remove this flag.  Use it or not,
|> whatever you prefer.

Or just use "strip -g".

Andreas.

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