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From: duplain@rtf.bt.co.uk (Andy Duplain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: DDB: no symbols
Message-ID: <1993Jan11.085803.2618@rtf.bt.co.uk>
Date: 11 Jan 93 08:58:03 GMT
References: <pogyk.726523568@unixg.ubc.ca> <CGD.93Jan8133338@stinson.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: BT Customer Systems, Brighton, UK
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In article <CGD.93Jan8133338@stinson.CS.Berkeley.EDU> cgd@stinson.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:
>In article <pogyk.726523568@unixg.ubc.ca> pogyk@unixg.ubc.ca (Pogy Kurniawan) writes:
>>Hello folks, Well I applied all patches x19,45,47 recompiled the kernel.
>>Rebooted, and lo and behold it worked(for me this was a surprise)
>>BIG BUG it reports DDB: no symbols. What is this and how can I clear it up.
>
>you've gotta run "dbsym 386bsd" on the kernel...
>
>this creates the ddb symbols that it needs...
>
>this isn't really documented, and should probably be done automatically
>somehow, but alas, i know not how... 8-)

	The best way is probably to test if "-DDDB" is included in the CFLAGS
	in /sys/i386/conf/Makefile.i386 and if so, run "dbsym 386bsd" right
	after building the kernel. 
-- 
Andy Duplain, BT Customer Systems, Brighton, UK.           duplain@rtf.bt.co.uk
#define	DISCLAIMER      My views and opinions are my own, and not my company's