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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!barmar
  2. From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
  4. Subject: Re: stripping the kernel
  5. Date: 29 Aug 1992 02:00:12 GMT
  6. Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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  9. Message-ID: <17mlncINNog2@early-bird.think.com>
  10. References: <1992Aug28.220038.23662@amhux2.amherst.edu>
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  13. In article <1992Aug28.220038.23662@amhux2.amherst.edu> pfcouvar@amhux1.amherst.edu (Peter Couvares) writes:
  14. >... So: Is it completely okay to strip my kernel (assuming I don't plan to
  15. >do any debugging)?
  16.  
  17. No.  Many system utilities, such as ps(1), use the namelist in the kernel
  18. file to learn the location in the kernel of the information that they
  19. print.
  20. -- 
  21. Barry Margolin
  22. System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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