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From: karron@MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU
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Subject: Re: lack of symbol tables in sgi distributions
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Date: 18 Sep 90 14:43:29 GMT
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Just to confuse the symbol table issue more, I note that most unix vendors
leave the symbol table in /unix, and use it to debug a crashed kernel panic.

If there is no symbol table in the progs that cause a kernel crash, then
how can you be certain as to the programs that precipitated a crash.

There is a gl library with the symbol table left in (a compile time option
i noticed on the tapes). A symbol table should be left in for commands that
probably might perhaps irritate the kernel and cause software failure.

In the install process, you can pipe the binaries through strip and remove
the symbol tables if you want, and restore binaries with the tables in if
you want (or have the disk space).
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