Re: zfs and dtrace, as specialized add-ons?

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 09:30:17AM +0000, Kathe wrote:
> why can't zfs and dtrace be supported as specialized add-ons?
> so basically, the system delivered as is should not have zfs
> and dtrace bundle-in but rather be configured and compiled-in
> by those users who need them.

ZFS is delivered as modules only, so exactly as you describe.

DTrace is extremely intrusive and (currently) needs it's own style of
"debug" information embedded into all binaries, so can not be separated
easily.

When compiling NetBSD yourself, you can easily opt-out of both by
adding

	-V MKCTF=no -V MKDTRACE=no -VMKZFS=no

to your build.sh command line.

Martin