Once upon a time Wednesday 23 June 2004 11:40 pm, Dax Kelson wrote: > A freshly, not updated FC2 box: > > du -hs /usr/src/linux/linux-2.6.5-1.358/ > 220M /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-1.358/ > cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-1.358/ > make mrproper > cp configs/kernel-2.6.5-i686.config .config > make oldconfig > make > du -hs /usr/src/linux/linux-2.6.5-1.358/ > 1.2GB (or thereabouts) > > I have done no more examination, before I do, does anyone know what's > up? The resultant kernel and modules are fine FWIW, so no problem there, > just the size is the issue. > > On a SUSE Linux 9.1 with the shipped 2.6.4-something, the final du > results are ~400MB. ive noticed the exact same thing. i guess its to do with compiller differences. not sure what version of gcc SUSE ship but i found with a totally vanilla 2.6.6 that the tree used up ~1.2gb as well Dennis
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