On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 10:40:56PM -0600, 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. disable CONFIG_DEBUGINFO and things will be a *lot* smaller. Normally, this gets stripped out into the debuginfo rpm during the rpm build. Dave
